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<a href="https://www.compadre.org/astronomy/items/detail.cfm?ID=1615">Smithsonian Institution, National Museum of American History. Chasing Venus. 2004.</a>
Smithsonian Institution, National Museum of American History. (2004). Chasing Venus. Retrieved March 18, 2025, from https://www.sil.si.edu/exhibitions/chasing-venus/
Smithsonian Institution, National Museum of American History. Chasing Venus. 2004. https://www.sil.si.edu/exhibitions/chasing-venus/ (accessed 18 March 2025).
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