Did organic compounds in the Tagish Lake meteorite form via catalytic processes in the solar nebula and within parent bodies?
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METEORITE FORM VIA CATALYTIC PROCESSES IN THE SOLAR NEBULA AND WITHIN PARENT BODIES? H. G. M. Hill, I. Gilmour, V. K. Pearson and J. A. Nuth, International Space University, Strasbourg Central Campus, 67400 Illkirch-Graffenstaden, France ([email protected]), Planetary and Space Sciences Research Institute, The Open University, Milton Keynes MK7 6AA, U.K. ([email protected]), Code 691, NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, MD 20711, U.S.A.
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