Interstellar transfer of planetary microbiota

Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society

Volumn 348, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 52-61

  Wallis, Max K ^a   Wickramasinghe, N C ^a  

^a CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Astrobiology; Comets: general; Kuiper Belt; Meteors, meteoroids; Planetary systems: protoplanetary discs; Planets and satellites: individual: Mars

Indexed keywords

ASTROBIOLOGY; ASTROPHYSICS; COMETS; MICROORGANISMS; PLANETS; SATELLITES; SOLAR SYSTEM;

COMETS: GENERAL; KUIPER BELT; MATERIAL EJECTION; METEOR, METEOROID; MICRO-ORGANISMS; MICROBIOTAS; PLANETARY SYSTEM; PLANETARY SYSTEMS:PROTOPLANETARY DISKS; PLANETS AND SATELLITES: INDIVIDUAL: MARS; STELLAR SYSTEM;

ORBITS;

EID: 1142264222     PISSN: 00358711     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2966.2004.07355.x     Document Type: Article

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