Discovery of non-random spatial distribution of impacts in the Stardust cometary collector

Meteoritics and Planetary Science

Volumn 43, Issue 1-2, 2008, Pages 415-429

  Westphal, Andrew J ^a   Bastien, Ronald K ^b   Borg, Janet ^c   Bridges, John ^d   Brownlee, Donald E ^e   Burchell, Mark J ^f   Cheng, Andrew F ^g   Clark, Benton C ^h   Djouadi, Zahia ^c   FLoss, Christine ⁱ   Franchi, Ian ^d   Gainsforth, Zack ^a   Graham, Giles ^j   Green, Simon F ^d   Heck, Philipp R ^k   Horányi, Mihaly ^l   Hoppe, Peter ^k   Hörz, Friedrich P ^b   Huth, Joachim ^k   Kearsley, Anton ^m   Leroux, Hugues ⁿ   Marhas, Kuljeet ⁱ   Nakamura Messenger, Keiko ^b   Sandford, Scott A ^o   See, Thomas H ^b   Stadermann, Frank J ⁱ   Teslich, Nick E ^j   Tsitrin, Samuel ^a   Warren, Jack L ^b   Wozniakiewicz, Penelope J ^m,p   Zolensky, Michael E ^b   more..

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b NASA JOHNSON SPACE CENTER   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITÉ PARIS SUD   (France)

^d OPEN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^e UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF KENT   (United Kingdom)

^g JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY APPLIED PHYSICS LABORATORY   (United States)

^h LOCKHEED MARTIN   (United States)

ⁱ WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^j LAWRENCE LIVERMORE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^k MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR CHEMISTRY   (Germany)

^l UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^m DEPARTMENT OF LIFE SCIENCES   (United Kingdom)

ⁿ UNIV LILLE   (France)

^o NASA AMES RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^p IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

more..

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EID: 46749124011     PISSN: 10869379     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1945-5100.2008.tb00630.x     Document Type: Article

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