Thermal and fragmentation history of ureilitic asteroids: Insights from the Almahata Sitta fall

Meteoritics and Planetary Science

Volumn 45, Issue 10-11, 2010, Pages 1789-1803

  Herrin, Jason S ^a,b   Zolensky, Michael E ^a   Ito, Motoo ^a,c   Le, Loan ^a,b   Mittlefehldt, David W ^a   Jenniskens, Peter ^d   Ross, Aidan J ^e,f   Shaddad, Muawia H ^g  

^a NASA JOHNSON SPACE CENTER   (United States)

^b ESCG Astromaterials Research Group   (United States)

^c LUNAR AND PLANETARY INSTITUTE   (United States)

^d SETI INSTITUTE   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^f DEPARTMENT OF LIFE SCIENCES   (United Kingdom)

^g UNIVERSITY OF KHARTOUM   (Sudan)

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EID: 78650353569     PISSN: 10869379     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1945-5100.2010.01136.x     Document Type: Article

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