The thermal conductivity of meteorites: New measurements and analysis

Icarus

Volumn 208, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 449-454

  Opeil, C P ^a   Consolmagno, G J ^b   Britt, D T ^c  

^a BOSTON COLLEGE   (United States)

^b University of Central Florida ^*

^c VATICAN OBSERVATORY   (Italy)

Author keywords

Asteroids; Meteorites; Thermal histories

Indexed keywords

EID: 77953535745     PISSN: 00191035     EISSN: 10902643     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.icarus.2010.01.021     Document Type: Article

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