Hydrogen emission in meteors as a potential marker for the exogenous delivery of organics and water

Astrobiology

Volumn 4, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 123-134

  Jenniskens, Peter ^a   Mandell, Avram M ^b,c  

^a SETI INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b NASA AMES RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^c PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Meteors; Molecular band emission; Origin of life; Prebiotic molecules

Indexed keywords

HYDROGEN; ORGANIC COMPOUND; WATER;

ARTICLE; ASTRONOMY; CHEMISTRY; THERMODYNAMICS;

HYDROGEN; METEOROIDS; ORGANIC CHEMICALS; THERMODYNAMICS; WATER;

EID: 2342636133     PISSN: 15311074     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/153110704773600285     Document Type: Article

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