Martian Methane from a Cometary Source : a Hypothesis
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Archer, P. Conrad, W. Cooke, J. Eigenbrode, I. L. ten Kate, M. Matney, P. Niles, M. Sykes, A. Steele, A. Treiman. NASA JSC, Houston, TX, Armagh Observatory, College Hill, Armagh, Northern Ireland, Jacobs, NASA JSC, Houston TX, NASA Goddard SFC, Greenbelt MD, NASA Marshall SFC, Huntsville AL, Dept. of Earth Sciences, Utrecht University, Netherlands, Planetary Science Institute, Tucson AZ, Geophysical Laboratory, Carnegie Institution for Science, Washington DC, Lunar and Planetary Institute, Houston, TX. Email: [email protected]
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تاریخ انتشار 2016