Complex aromatic hydrocarbons in Stardust samples collected from comet 81P/Wild 2

Meteoritics and Planetary Science

Volumn 45, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 701-722

  Clemett, Simon J ^a   Sandford, Scott A ^b   Nakamura Messenger, Keiko ^c   Hörz, Friedrich ^a   McKay, David S ^a  

^a ERC Inc   (United States)

^b NASA AMES RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^c NASA Johnson Space Center ^*

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EID: 77954633532     PISSN: 10869379     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1945-5100.2010.01062.x     Document Type: Article

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