Compositional homogeneity in the fragmented comet 73P/Schwassmann–Wachmann 3
- 1 July 2007
- journal article
- Published by Springer Science and Business Media LLC in Nature
- Vol. 448 (7150), 172-175
- https://doi.org/10.1038/nature05908
Abstract
Nature is the international weekly journal of science: a magazine style journal that publishes full-length research papers in all disciplines of science, as well as News and Views, reviews, news, features, commentaries, web focuses and more, covering all branches of science and how science impacts upon all aspects of society and life.Keywords
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