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Preliminary examination of the comet Wild 2 samples returned by the Stardust spacecraft

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 August 2006

Michael E. Zolensky ,
Donald E. Brownlee ,
Peter Tsou ,
Friedrich P. Hörz ,
Scott A. Sandford ,
George J. Flynn ,
Kevin D. McKeegan  and
Lindsay P. Keller
Michael E. Zolensky
Affiliation:
NASA Johnson Space Center, Houston, TX 77058, USA email: michael.e.zolensky@nasa.gov
Donald E. Brownlee
Affiliation:
Department of Astronomy, University of Washington, Seattle, WA 98195, USA
Peter Tsou
Affiliation:
Jet Propulsion Laboratory, CalTech, Pasadena, CA 91109-8099, USA
Friedrich P. Hörz
Affiliation:
NASA Johnson Space Center, Houston, TX 77058, USA email: michael.e.zolensky@nasa.gov
Scott A. Sandford
Affiliation:
NASA Ames Research Center, Moffett Field, CA 94035, USA
George J. Flynn
Affiliation:
Dept. of Physics, State University of New York at Plattsburgh, Plattsburgh, NY 12901, USA
Kevin D. McKeegan
Affiliation:
Dept. of Earth and Space Sciences, University of California, Los Angeles, CA 90095, USA
Lindsay P. Keller
Affiliation:
NASA Johnson Space Center, Houston, TX 77058, USA email: michael.e.zolensky@nasa.gov
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Abstract

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Results of the Stardust mission to sample dust from comet Wild 2 are summarized.

Keywords

cometscomet Wild 2space vehicles
Type
Contributed Papers
Information
Proceedings of the International Astronomical Union , Volume 2 , Highlights of Astronomy 14: Highlights of Astronomy , August 2006 , pp. 327 - 328
Copyright
Copyright © International Astronomical Union 2007

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