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Astronomy

Library of Congress Classification of Books

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QB1-991       Astronomy 

QB1-139       General 

QB140-237    Practical and spherical                                     astronomy 

QB275-343     Geodesy 

QB349-421     Theoretical astronomy and celestial mechanics 

QB455-456     Astrogeology 

QB460-466     Astrophysics 

QB468-480     Non-optical methods of                                     astronomy 

QB495-903      Descriptive astronomy 

QB500.5-785   Solar system 

QB799-903     Stars 

QB980-991     Cosmogony. Cosmology

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