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. 2020 Oct;586(7831):675-676.
doi: 10.1038/d41586-020-02941-x.

Eye of a skull reveals details of cometary materials

Erik Asphaug
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Eye of a skull reveals details of cometary materials

Erik Asphaug. Nature. 2020 Oct.
No abstract available

Keywords: Asteroids, comets and Kuiper belt; Astronomy and astrophysics; Materials science.

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    O'Rourke L, Heinisch P, Blum J, Fornasier S, Filacchione G, Van Hoang H, Ciarniello M, Raponi A, Gundlach B, Blasco RA, Grieger B, Glassmeier KH, Küppers M, Rotundi A, Groussin O, Bockelée-Morvan D, Auster HU, Oklay N, Paar G, Perucha MDPC, Kovacs G, Jorda L, Vincent JB, Capaccioni F, Biver N, Parker JW, Tubiana C, Sierks H. O'Rourke L, et al. Nature. 2020 Oct;586(7831):697-701. doi: 10.1038/s41586-020-2834-3. Epub 2020 Oct 28. Nature. 2020. PMID: 33116289

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