Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons in asteroid 2008 TC3: Dispersion of organic compounds inside asteroids

Meteoritics and Planetary Science

Volumn 45, Issue 10-11, 2010, Pages 1710-1717

  Sabbah, Hassan ^a   Morrow, Amy L ^a   Jenniskens, Peter ^b   Shaddad, Muawia H ^c   Zare, Richard N ^a  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b SETI INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF KHARTOUM   (Sudan)

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EID: 78650392665     PISSN: 10869379     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1945-5100.2010.01103.x     Document Type: Article

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