The Provenances of Asteroids, and Their Contributions to the Volatile Inventories of the Terrestrial Planets

M. O’D. Alexander, C.; Bowden, R.; L. Fogel, M.; T. Howard, K.; D. K. Herd, C.; R. Nittler, L.

doi:10.1126/science.1223474

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The Provenances of Asteroids, and Their Contributions to the Volatile Inventories of the Terrestrial Planets

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C. M. O’D. Alexander

R. Bowden

M. L. Fogel

Abstract

Constraining the Birthplace of Asteroids Many primitive meteorites originating from the asteroid belt once contained abundant water that is now stored as OH in hydrated minerals. Alexander et al. (p. 721 , published online 12 July) estimated the hydrogen isotopic compositions in 86 samples of primit...

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