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Calculations:- Low Accuracy Equations in PDF format
- National Renewable Energy Laboratory Solar Position Calculators
- U.S. Naval Observatory online calculators for solar and lunar position
- Basics of Space Flight from NASA'a Jet Propulsion Lab
- Solar Learning Activities from NASA and Montana State University
- ZipInfo.com find U.S. lat/long from zip code
- PlacesNamed.com Geographic Encyclopedia for U.S.
- The Official U.S. Time from the National Institute of Standards and Technology
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