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== References ==
* Brown, Rebecca (2006). "Size of the Moon", ''Scientific American'', 51 (78).
* Miller, Edward (2005). ''The Sun''. Academic Press.
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The Sun is pretty big,<sup id="nbFoot01b" class="reference">[[#noteFoot01b|[1]]]</sup> but the Moon is not so big.<sup id="nbFoot02b" class="reference">[[#noteFoot02b|[2]]]</sup> The Sun is also quite hot.<sup id="nbFoot03b" class="reference">[[#noteFoot03b|[3]]]</sup><br /><br />
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<li id="noteFoot01b">'''[[#nbFoot01b|^]]''' Miller 2005, p. 23.</li>
<li id="noteFoot02b">'''[[#nbFoot02b|^]]''' Brown 2006, p. 46.</li>
<li id="noteFoot03b">'''[[#nbFoot03b|^]]''' Miller 2005, p. 34.</li>
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* Brown, Rebecca (2006). "Size of the Moon", ''Scientific American'', 51 (78).
* Miller, Edward (2005). ''The Sun''. Academic Press.
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<li id="noteFoot02b">'''[[#nbFoot02b|^]]''' Brown, "Size of the Moon", p. 46.</li>
<li id="noteFoot03b">'''[[#nbFoot03b|^]]''' Miller, ''The Sun'', p. 34.</li>
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