Comets and prebiotic chemistry: The volatile component

European Space Agency, (Special Publication) ESA SP

Volumn , Issue 518, 2002, Pages 123-127

  Despois, D ^a   Crovisier, J ^b   Bockelee Morvan D ^b   Biver, N ^b  

^a OBSERVATOIRE DE BORDEAUX   (France)

^b OBSERVATOIRE DE PARIS   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACIDS; EARTH (PLANET); MOLECULES; WATER;

PREBIOTIC CHEMISTRY;

SPACE RESEARCH;

EID: 0036766343     PISSN: 03796566     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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