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English: Table "Designation of the celestial bodies", from the last issue of the "Berliner Astronomisches Jahrbuch" (astromomical yearbook of Berlin) which uses symbols instead of encircled numbers for the "minor planets" (which today are called either "dwarf planets" or "asteroids")
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Source Johann Franz Encke, Berliner Astronomisches Jahrbuch für 1853, Berlin 1850, p. VIII
Author Johann Franz Encke (1791–1865)

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Symbols for planets, dwarf planets, and asteroids known by 1850 from an almanac printed 1853

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