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. |