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- ↑ "Curriculum Vitae" (PDF).
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- ↑ « François Forget, Explorer le Système solaire pour mieux comprendre notre planète », L'Humanité Dimanche, 25 janvier 2018, p. 44-45 (ISSN 1771-1908, lire en ligne)
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