VESTA, one of the lately discovered planets, of which the elements have been determined by Dr Gault in a communication to the Royal Society of Gottingen.

Epoch of the longitude, meridians of Seeberg 108° 19' 34.7"
Diurnal tropical motion 77° 8' 84"
Annual 78 9 23
Aphelion, 1806 326 37 59
Annual motion + 2 1.2
Ascending node, 1806 80 53 23
Annual motion + 1.5
Inclination of the orbit, 1806 10 37 34
Annual diminution 0.4
Eccentricity, 1806 0.0783486
Annual diminution 0.0000058
Log. of the greater semiaxis 0.4420728
Epoch of the mean longitude at Bremen, March 29, 1807, at 12 o'clock, mean time 193° 8' 4.6" * In the Mag. Encyclop. it is 192° 9' 54".
Longitude of its perihelion 249 7 41
aphelion 69 57 52
ascending node on the ecliptic 103 8 36
Inclination of its orbit 7 5 49.5" † Ibid.
Diurnal tropical motion 0 16 18.9" 7° 8' 34".
Logarithm of the mean distance 0.3728428
Eccentricity 0.097505
Greatest distance from the sun 25.625
Least 21.514
Period of its revolution 1321 days, 12 hours.