A history of the mesosiderite asteroid

American Scientist

Volumn 85, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 26-35

  Rubin, Alan E ^a,b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ASTEROID; MESOSIDERITE; METEORITE CHEMISTRY; PARENT BODY;

EID: 0030816739     PISSN: 00030996     EISSN: None     Source Type: Trade Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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