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- ↑ "Meet a Citizen Scientist: Patrick Wiggins". NASA Solar System Exploration. Retrieved 2021-02-02.
- ↑ "NASA honors Utahn for bringing the heavens to Earth". The Salt Lake Tribune. Retrieved 2021-02-02.