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- ↑ "Kormendy, John". worldcat.org. Retrieved December 11, 2016.
- ↑ The Kormendy Relation, utexas.edu
- ↑ Schneider, Peter (2007). Extragalactic astronomy and cosmology: an introduction. Springer. p. 92. ISBN 9783540331759.
- ↑ "John Kormendy's website". University of Texas at Austin . Retrieved 2020-05-18.
- ↑ "2020 NAS Election". National Academy of Sciences. April 27, 2020. Retrieved 2020-05-18.
- ↑ "Three UT Austin Faculty Elected to National Academy of Sciences". April 27, 2020. Retrieved 2020-05-18.
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