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SYNOPTICAL TABLES.

Longitude of perihelion, 74° 57′ 21″
Longitude of ascending node, 46° 23′ 55″
Inclination of orbit to ecliptic, 7° 0′ 13″
Mean daily motion in orbit, 2° 11′ 23″
Mean daily motion in orbit,— — — miles per hour, 109,360
Inclination of bands to the planet's orbit, 70°
Days in falling to the Sun, 15.6

VENUS.
Volume (Earth's = 1), 0.996
Mass (Earth's = 1), 0.908
Density (Earth's = 1), 0.923
Diameter (Earth's = 1), 0.975
Diameter— — — in miles, 7700
{{ditto bar|Apparent, mean, 16″.9
Gravity (Earth's = 1), 0.98
In one second of time bodies fall, in feet, 14.5
Period of rotation, 23h. 21m. 7s.
Light and heat (Earth's = 1), 1.91
Least elongation, 45°
Greatest elongation. 47° 12′
Greatest height of mountains in miles. 27
Mean distance from the Sun in miles, 68,000,000
Mean distance from the Sun— — — (Earth's = 1), 0.7233316
Eccentricity (semi-major axis = 1), 0.00686074
Sidereal revolution in days. 224d. 6h. 49m. 8s.
Mean synodical revolution in days, 583.920
Longitude of perihelion. 128° 43′ 53″
Longitude of ascending node. 74° 54′ 12″
Inclination of orbit to ecliptic, 3° 23′ 28″
Mean daily motion in orbit, 1° 36′ 7″
Mean daily motion in orbit,— — — miles per hour 80,000
Inclination of axis to ecliptic. Uncertain
Next transit of Venus on December 8, 1874.  
Days in falling to the Sun, 39.7
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