The end of interstellar chemistry as the origin of nitrogen in comets and meteorites

Astrophysical Journal

Volumn 569, Issue 2 II, 2002, Pages

  Charnley, S B ^a   Rodgers, S D ^a  

^a NASA AMES RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Comets: general; ISM: abundances; ISM: molecules; Meteors, meteoroids; Molecular processes

Indexed keywords

EID: 0000307923     PISSN: 0004637X     EISSN: 15384357     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/340484     Document Type: Article

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