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- Corroborationhighly cited
- Cited by 7380 works (OpenAlex citation count).
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- Published in The Astronomical Journal.
- Publisher: Institute of Physics.
- ISSN 0004-6256.
- The journal is listed in DOAJ.
- Open-access status: hybrid.