\begin{table}%t5 \par \caption{\label{tab:ne}Electron density along the HH46-47 jet.} %\centerline { \begin{tabular}[h]{ccccc} \hline \hline \noalign{\smallskip} Knot & $r_t$\tablefootmark{a} & $n_{\rm e}\pm \bigtriangleup n_{\rm e}$\tablefootmark{b} & $n_{\rm e}$(HVC)\tablefootmark{c} & $n_{\rm e}$(LVC)\tablefootmark{b}\\ & (\arcsec) & (cm$^{-3}$) & (cm$^{-3}$) & (cm$^{-3}$) \\ \hline \\[-3mm] S & (--3.4, +2.8) & 6300$^{+1700}_{-1300}$ & 5400 & 7650 \\ Z2 & (--9.3, --5)& 1300$^{+1800}_{-1200}$ & 2350 & 4600 \\ Z1 & (--14.8, --9.3) & 3200$^{+700}_{-850}$ & 3100 & \\[1mm] \hline \end{tabular}} \tablefoot {\tablefoottext{a}{Distance from the source in arcsec. Negative values correspond to the southeastern, redshifted jet axis.} \tablefoottext{b}{Electron density measured from the ratio \fe~1.60/1.64~\um.} \tablefoottext{c}{Electron density measured from the ratio \fe~1.60/1.64~\um~ for the HVC and LVC.}} \end{table}