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- ↑ "Emmanuel HUGOT - LAM - Laboratoire d'Astrophysique de Marseille". www.lam.fr (in French). Archived from the original on 2018-07-04. Retrieved 2017-09-22.
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{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) - ↑ CNRS. "CNRS - Médailles de bronze - Palmarès 2017". www.cnrs.fr. Archived from the original on 2011-03-07. Retrieved 2017-09-22.
- ↑ "Jean Jerphagnon Award".
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