Comets, asteroids, meteorites and the origin of the biosphere

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 6309, Issue , 2006, Pages

  Hoover, Richard B ^a  

^a NASA MARSHALL SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Asteroids; Biosphere; Carbonaceous meteorites; Comets; Cyanobacteria; Microfossils

Indexed keywords

ASTEROIDS; CARBONACEOUS METEORITES; CYANOBACTERIA; MICROFOSSILS;

ASTRONOMY; BACTERIA; HYDRATION; METEORITES; SUN; WATER;

SPACE RESEARCH;

EID: 33750694331     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.690437     Document Type: Conference Paper

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