The contributions of comets to planets, atmospheres, and life: Insights from Cassini-Huygens, Galileo, Giotto, and inner planet missions

Space Science Reviews

Volumn 138, Issue 1-4, 2008, Pages 301-316

  Owen, Tobias ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

Author keywords

Collisions; Comets; Icy planetesimals; Origins: solar system

Indexed keywords

ARSENIC COMPOUNDS; EARTH (PLANET); INTERPLANETARY FLIGHT; SOLAR SYSTEM; SPACECRAFT INSTRUMENTS; VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUNDS;

COLLISIONS; COMETS; ICY PLANETESIMALS; OORT CLOUD; ORIGINS: SOLAR SYSTEM;

PLANETS;

EID: 51549090064     PISSN: 00386308     EISSN: 15729672     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11214-008-9306-7     Document Type: Article

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