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Y L Yung1, J S Wen, J P Pinto

  • 1Division of Geological and Planetary Sciences, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena 91125, USA.

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NASA Discipline ExobiologyNASA Discipline Number 52-20NASA Program ExobiologyNon-NASA Center

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