Compositional homogeneity in the fragmented comet 73P/Schwassmann-Wachmann 3

Nature

Volumn 448, Issue 7150, 2007, Pages 172-175

  Russo, N Dello ^a   Vervack Jr , R J ^a   Weaver, H A ^a   Biver, N ^b   Bockelee Morvan D ^b   Crovisier, J ^b   Lisse, C M ^a  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITÉ PARIS DIDEROT   (France)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

CARBONACEOUS CHONDRITE; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; COMET; COSMOCHEMISTRY; HOMOGENEITY; PLANETARY EVOLUTION; RADIATION EXPOSURE; SOLAR RADIATION;

ARTICLE; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; CHEMICAL ENVIRONMENT; COSMOLOGICAL PHENOMENA; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION FIELD; SUN;

EID: 34447499996     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: 14764687     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nature05908     Document Type: Article

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