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- ↑ "902 Probitas (1918 EJ)". JPL Small-Body Database . NASA/Jet Propulsion Laboratory . Retrieved 2 May 2016.
- ↑ Lutz D. Schmadel (2003). Dictionary of Minor Planet Names. Springer Science & Business Media. p. 81. ISBN 978-3-540-00238-3.
