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Anniversary information added. Sep 19, 2025
Anniversary information added. Aug 22, 2025
First paragraph modernization. Feb 29, 2024
Add new Web site: The Lake County Astronomical Society - Biography of Johann Franz Encke. Mar 26, 2018
Media added. Sep 09, 2009
Article added to new online database. Jul 20, 1998
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