ITALY - JANUARY 26: Papal astronomer' Father Giuseppe Koch, jesuit superior of the community, is the Vice Director of the 'Specola Vaticana' . In the 1920s, the Pope delegated the running of his observatory to the Jesuits and has no real influence over the selection of his astronomers.The Vatican Observatory, one of the oldest astronomical research institutions in the world, has its headquarters at the papal summer residence in Castel Gandolfo, Italy on January 26, 2008. (Photo by Eric VANDEVILLE/Gamma-Rapho via Getty Images)
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