Heterogeneous distributions of amino acids provide evidence of multiple sources within the Almahata Sitta parent body, asteroid 2008 TC3

Meteoritics and Planetary Science

Volumn 46, Issue 11, 2011, Pages 1703-1712

  Burton, Aaron S ^a   Glavin, Daniel P ^a   Callahan, Michael P ^a   Dworkin, Jason P ^a   Jenniskens, Peter ^b   Shaddad, Muawia H ^c  

^a NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

^b SETI INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF KHARTOUM   (Sudan)

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EID: 80155122717     PISSN: 10869379     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1945-5100.2011.01257.x     Document Type: Article

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