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<p>Sean Raymond is an American astrophysicist working at the <a href="https://astrophy.u-bordeaux.fr/?lang=en">Bordeaux Astrophysical Laboratory</a> in France. He also writes a blog at the interface of science and fiction (<a href="https://planetplanet.net/">planetplanet.net</a>) and published a <a href="https://www.amazon.com/dp/B08LFZZWGZ">book of astronomy poems</a>.</p>


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