Overview of the rocky component of Wild 2 comet samples: Insight into the early solar system, relationship with meteoritic materials and the differences between comets and asteroids

Meteoritics and Planetary Science

Volumn 47, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 453-470

  Brownlee, Don ^a   Joswiak, Dave ^a   Matrajt, Graciela ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

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EID: 84860347204     PISSN: 10869379     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1945-5100.2012.01339.x     Document Type: Article

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