Seeding life on the moons of the outer planets via lithopanspermia

Astrobiology

Volumn 13, Issue 12, 2013, Pages 1155-1165

  Worth, R J ^a,b   Sigurdsson, Steinn ^a,b   House, Christopher H ^a  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Penn State   (United States)

Author keywords

Europa; Impact; Meteorites; Panspermia; Titan

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ASTRONOMY; BIOGENESIS; MOON; UNCERTAINTY;

BIOGENESIS; MOON; PLANETS; UNCERTAINTY;

EID: 84890745140     PISSN: 15311074     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/ast.2013.1028     Document Type: Article

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