Nature and source of organic matter in the shoemaker-levy 9 jovian impact blemishes

Icarus

Volumn 129, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 207-216

  Wilson, Peter D ^a   Sagan, Carl ^a  

^a Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

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EID: 0031236456     PISSN: 00191035     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/icar.1997.5783     Document Type: Article

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