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{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) - ↑ Bharadwaj, Somnath; Bhavsar, Suketu; Sheth, Jatush V. (2004). "The Size of the Longest Filaments in the Universe". The Astrophysical Journal. 606 (1): 25–31. arXiv: astro-ph/0311342 . Bibcode:2004ApJ...606...25B. doi:10.1086/382140. ISSN 0004-637X. S2CID 10473973.
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