Core formation in Earth's moon, Mars, and Vesta

Icarus

Volumn 124, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 513-529

  Righter, Kevin ^a   Drake, Michael J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

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EID: 0030527327     PISSN: 00191035     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/icar.1996.0227     Document Type: Article

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