Editing Spica (section)

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<ref name=kaler>{{cite web | first=Jim | last=Kaler | title=Spica | work=Stars | url=http://stars.astro.illinois.edu/sow/spica.html | access-date=2010-04-15 }}</ref>

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<ref name=pronunciation>{{cite web|url=https://forvo.com/word/spica/|title=How to pronounce Spica|access-date=2017-02-19}}</ref>

<ref name=oxford>{{cite web|url=https://en.oxforddictionaries.com/definition/Spica|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160929121145/https://en.oxforddictionaries.com/definition/spica|url-status=dead|archive-date=September 29, 2016|title=Main definitions of spica in English|publisher = Oxford Dictionaries |access-date=2018-02-19}}</ref>

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<ref name=rao>{{cite news |last1=Rao |first1=Joe |title=Arc to Arcturus, Speed on to Spica |url=https://www.space.com/3953-arc-arcturus-speed-spica.html |access-date=14 August 2018 |work=Space.com |date=June 15, 2007}}</ref>

<ref name=news>{{cite news |title=Follow the arc to Arcturus, and drive a spike to Spica {{!}} EarthSky.org |url=http://earthsky.org/tonight/follow-the-arc-to-arcturus |access-date=14 August 2018 |work=earthsky.org |date=April 8, 2018}}</ref>

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