Interstellar chemistry recorded in organic matter from primitive meteorites

Science

Volumn 312, Issue 5774, 2006, Pages 727-730

  Busemann, Henner ^a   Young, Andrea F ^a   Alexander, Conel M O'D ^a   Hoppe, Peter ^b   Mukhopadhyay, Sujoy ^a,c   Nittler, Larry R ^a  

^a GEOPHYSICAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^b MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR CHEMISTRY   (Germany)

^c HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EXTRATERRESTRIAL ATMOSPHERES; HYDROGEN INORGANIC COMPOUNDS; ISOTOPES; MOLECULES; PLANETARY SURFACE ANALYSIS; SOLAR RADIATION;

INTERSTELLAR CHEMISTRY; ORGANIC MATTER;

METEORITES;

CARBON; HYDROGEN; ISOTOPE; NITROGEN; ORGANIC MATTER;

ANOMALY; CLOUD PHENOMENA; EXTRATERRESTRIAL MATTER; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; METEORITE; ORGANIC MATTER; SOLAR SYSTEM;

ARTICLE; ASTRONOMY; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; CHEMISTRY; CLOUD; DUST; EVOLUTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

COSMIC DUST; DEUTERIUM; EVOLUTION, PLANETARY; METEOROIDS; NITROGEN ISOTOPES; ORGANIC CHEMICALS; SOLAR SYSTEM; TEMPERATURE;

EID: 33646444068     PISSN: 00368075     EISSN: 10959203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1126/science.1123878     Document Type: Article

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