Efficient delivery of meteorites to the earth from a wide range of asteroid parent bodies

Nature

Volumn 407, Issue 6804, 2000, Pages 606-608

  Vokrouhlicky O ^a   Farinella, P ^b  

^a CHARLES UNIVERSITY   (Czech Republic)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TRIESTE   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

METEORITE; PROVENANCE;

ANISOTROPY; ARTICLE; ASTRONOMY; COSMIC RADIATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION EXPOSURE;

EID: 0342616309     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/35036528     Document Type: Article

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