Searching for Chips of Kuiper Belt Objects in Meteorites
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M. Gounelle, T. Mikouchi, K. Ohsumi, M. K. Weisberg, L. Le, W. Satake & T. Kurihara, ARES, NASA Johnson Space Center, Houston, TX 77058, USA ([email protected]); Muséum National d’Histoire Naturelle, 57, rue Cuvier, 75005, Paris, France; University of Tokyo, Hongo, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo 113-0033, Japan; Kingsborough Community College, Brooklyn, NY 11235, USA; Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences, American Museum of Natural History, NY, NY 10024, USA; ESCG Jacobs, Johnson Space Center, Houston, TX 77058, USA.
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