Abstract
THE ROTATION of SATURN.—In NATURE (vol. xv. p. 243), reference was made to the discovery by Prof. Asaph Hall of a small, well-defined, very white spot upon the disc of Saturn just below tbe ring, and to observations which were in progress to ascertain, by means of it, the period of the rotation of the planet upon its axis. Prof. Hall succeeded in following up this spot which was from 2″ to 3″ in diameter until January 2, when the weather having become unfavourable, the planet low, and the spot faint and indistinct, observations were discontinued. From a thorough discussion of the observations at Washington and elsewhere in the United States, Prof. Hall finds for the mean time of the rotation of Saturn—
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