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Date:
July 1, 1978
Category:
Chronology of Smithsonian History
Notes:
Annual Report of the Smithsonian Institution for the year 1978, p. 13
Summary:
The headquarters of the Minor Planet Center of the International Astronomical Union moves to the Smithsonian-Harvard Center for Astrophysics (CfA), making the CfA the world's clearinghouse for information concerning virtually all new astronomical discoveries.