Could G-class asteroids be the the parent bodies of the CM chondrites?

Meteoritics and Planetary Science

Volumn 33, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 253-258

  Burbine, Thomas H ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ASTEROID; CHONDRITE;

EID: 0031845847     PISSN: 10869379     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1945-5100.1998.tb01630.x     Document Type: Article

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