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- ↑ Noah Webster (1884) A Practical Dictionary of the English Language
- ↑ Yeomans, Donald K., "521 Brixia", JPL Small-Body Database Browser, NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory , retrieved 6 May 2016.
- ↑ Schmadel, Lutz D. (2003). Dictionary of Minor Planet Names (5th ed.). Berlin, Heidelberg, New York: Springer-Verlag. p. 56. ISBN 3-540-00238-3.
