Organic matter in comets and cometary dust

International Microbiology

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 5-12

  Llorca, Jordi ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Chemical evolution; Cometary dust; Comets; Interplanetary dust; Origin of life; Prebiotic chemistry

Indexed keywords

ORGANIC COMPOUND;

ASTRONOMY; REVIEW;

COSMIC DUST; METEOROIDS; ORGANIC CHEMICALS;

EID: 23844526603     PISSN: 11396709     EISSN: 16181905     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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