Astronomical discovery . ad conceivedit as early as 1785, and organised a search on thisplan, three planets were actually found before thefirst success attending a definite search. Ceres,as already remarked, was found by a pure acci-dent ; and the same may be said of Pallas andJuno, though it may fairly be added that Pallaswas actually contrary to expectation. Minor Planets, 1801 to 1850. Ntrmber, Name. Discoverer. Date. I 2 3 4 CeresPallasJunoVesta PiazziOlbei-sHardingOlbers 1801180218041807 18451847184718471848184918501850i8j;o 56 78 9 10 II12 13 Astraea Hebe Iris Flora Metis Hygeia Partheno

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Astronomical discovery . ad conceivedit as early as 1785, and organised a search on thisplan, three planets were actually found before thefirst success attending a definite search. Ceres,as already remarked, was found by a pure acci-dent ; and the same may be said of Pallas andJuno, though it may fairly be added that Pallaswas actually contrary to expectation. Minor Planets, 1801 to 1850. Ntrmber, Name. Discoverer. Date. I 2 3 4 CeresPallasJunoVesta PiazziOlbei-sHardingOlbers 1801180218041807 18451847184718471848184918501850i8j;o 56 78 9 10 II12 13 Astraea Hebe Iris Flora Metis Hygeia Parthenope Victoria Egeiia Hencke Hencke Hind Hind Graham De Gaspaiis De Gaspjiris Hind De Gasparis Here now is a table showing how other bodieswere gradually added to this first list of four, butyou will see that no addition was made for a longtime. Not that the search was immediately aban-doned ; but being rewarded by no success for someyears, it was gradually dropped, and the beliefgained ground that the number of the planets. By pC7-iiusiii>n of Messrs. Mactiiillau & Co. I.—J. C. Adams.

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