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+libnova is a general purpose, double precision, Celestial Mechanics,
+Astrometry, and Astrodynamics library.
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+The intended audience of libnova is C / C++ programmers, astronomers
+and anyone else interested in calculating positions of astronomical
+objects or celestial mechanics. libnova is the calculation engine
+used by the Nova project and most importantly, is free software.