Chemical identification of comet 81P/Wild 2 dust after interacting with molten silica aerogel

Meteoritics and Planetary Science

Volumn 44, Issue 8, 2009, Pages 1121-1132

  Rietmeijer, Frans J M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO   (United States)

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EID: 70649100732     PISSN: 10869379     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1945-5100.2009.tb01212.x     Document Type: Article

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