No new observations, no new theories, enduring scientific value

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Issue		A&A Volume 500, Number 1, June II 2009 The first 40 years


Page(s)		219 - 220
DOI		http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/200912160
Published online		15 June 2009

A&A 500, 219-220 (2009)
DOI: 10.1051/0004-6361/200912160

Commentary on: Kühr H., Witzel A., Pauliny-Toth I. I. K., and Nauber U., 1981, A&AS, 45, 367

J. J. Condon

National Radio Astronomy Observatory (The National Radio Astronomy Observatory is a facility of the National Science Foundation operated under cooperative agreement by Associated Universities, Inc.) , 520 Edgemont Road, Charlottesville, VA 22903, USA
e-mail: jcondon@nrao.edu

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