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- ↑ "Professor Alan Gilmore at University of Canterbury". University of Canterbury. Retrieved 23 March 2017.
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- ↑ Comet P/2007 Q2 (Gilmore), IAUC 8865
- ↑ Schmadel, Lutz D. (2007). "(3907) Kilmartin". Dictionary of Minor Planet Names – (3907) Kilmartin. Springer Berlin Heidelberg. p. 332. doi:10.1007/978-3-540-29925-7_3896. ISBN 978-3-540-00238-3.
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