File:Astronomical Telegram John Ritchie.jpg
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English: A telegram from 7 September 1896 to report on the positions of two comets was encoded for data integrity. These comets are likely 205P/Giacobini and C/1896 R1. See source and also http://scienceblogs.de/klausis-krypto-kolumne/2015/08/13/das-verschluesselte-telegramm-eines-astronomen/
The words represent numbers, taken from a predefined list, in order to prevent data errors in transmission. A decoded version offered by Klaus Schmeh (linked above) reads as follows:
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| Source | http://forum.astronomie.de/phpapps/ubbthreads/ubbthreads.php/topics/1166329/kleines_R%C3%A4tsel_-_Astronomische >JPG |
| Author | John Ritchie |
| Other versions | http://scienceblogs.de/klausis-krypto-kolumne/files/2015/08/John-Ritchie-Telegram.png |
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