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9 - Magnetic Fields on Asteroids and Planetesimals

from Part Two - Chemical and Mineralogical Diversity

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  25 February 2017

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Aaron Scheinberg ,
Roger R. Fu ,
Linda T. Elkins-Tanton ,
Benjamin P. Weiss  and
Sabine Stanley
Edited by
Linda T. Elkins-Tanton  and
Benjamin P. Weiss
Linda T. Elkins-Tanton
Affiliation:
Arizona State University
Benjamin P. Weiss
Affiliation:
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
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Planetesimals
Early Differentiation and Consequences for Planets
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Publisher: Cambridge University Press
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