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               NASA, Apollo 17 Preliminary Science Report, NASA SP-330, published by NASA, Washington D.C., 204, 1973. 
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                NASA, Apollo Scientific Experiments Data Handbook, NASA Technical Memorandum X-58131, JSC-09166, published by NASA Johnson Space Center, Houston, Texas, Aug. 1974.
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              Bates, J.R., W.W. Lauderdale, and H. Kernaghan, ALSEP termination report, NASA Reference Publication Series, NASA-RP-1036, published by NASA, Washington, D.C., 162, 1979.
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                Davies, M.E., and T.R. Colvin, Lunar coordinates in the regions of the Apollo landers, Journal of Geophysical Research, 105(E8), 20277–20280, 2000. doi:10.1029/1999JE001165.
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              NASA, Apollo 17 Mission Page, 11 Jul. 2024. https://www.nasa.gov/mission/apollo-17
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