Searching for the Evolved Crust of Oxidized Asteroids
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([email protected]), J. M. D. Day, R. D. Ash., T. J. McCoy, S. J. Bus, R. L. Klima, and T. Hiroi. Dept. of Astronomy/Dept. of Geology, University of Maryland, College Park, MD, 20742, USA; Dept. of Mineral Sciences, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC, 20560, USA; Institute for Astronomy, University of Hawaii, Hilo, HI, 96720, USA; Dept. of Geological Sciences, Brown University, Providence, RI, 02912, USA.
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