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@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@
       <para>&a.jmz; ( - 2009; RIP 2009)</para>
       <para>
 	<ulink url="http://www.obs-besancon.fr/article.php3?id_article=323">Jean-Marc</ulink>
-	was an astrophysist who made important contributions to the modeling
+	was an astrophysicist who made important contributions to the modeling
 	of the atmospheres of both planets and comets at
 	<ulink url="http://www.obs-besancon.fr/">l'Observatoire de Besan&ccedil;on</ulink>
 	in Besan&ccedil;on, France.  While there, he participated in the