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- ↑ Noah Webster (1884) A Practical Dictionary of the English Language
- ↑ "691 Lehigh (1909 JG)". JPL Small-Body Database . NASA/Jet Propulsion Laboratory . Retrieved 5 May 2016.
- ↑ "(691) Lehigh". Dictionary of Minor Planet Names. Springer Berlin Heidelberg. 2007. p. 67. doi:10.1007/978-3-540-29925-7_692. ISBN 9783540299257.
