Cosmogenic nuclides in Almahata Sitta ureilites: Cosmic-ray exposure age, preatmospheric mass, and bulk density of asteroid 2008 TC3

Meteoritics and Planetary Science

Volumn 45, Issue 10-11, 2010, Pages 1728-1742

  Welten, Kees C ^a   Meier, Matthias M M ^b   Caffee, Marc W ^c   Nishiizumi, Kuni ^a   Wieler, Rainer ^b   Jenniskens, Peter ^d   Shaddad, Muawia H ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^c PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d SETI INSTITUTE   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF KHARTOUM   (Sudan)

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EID: 78650322637     PISSN: 10869379     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1945-5100.2010.01106.x     Document Type: Article

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