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Possible mantle origin of olivine around lunar impact basins detected by SELENE S Yamamoto, R Nakamura, T Matsunaga, Y Ogawa, Y Ishihara, T Morota, ... Nature Geoscience 3 (8), 533-536, 2010 | 237 | 2010 |
Preliminary analysis of the Hayabusa2 samples returned from C-type asteroid Ryugu T Yada, M Abe, T Okada, A Nakato, K Yogata, A Miyazaki, K Hatakeda, ... Nature Astronomy 6 (2), 214-220, 2022 | 210 | 2022 |
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Timing and characteristics of the latest mare eruption on the Moon T Morota, J Haruyama, M Ohtake, T Matsunaga, C Honda, Y Yokota, ... Earth and Planetary Science Letters 302 (3-4), 255-266, 2011 | 151 | 2011 |
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Massive layer of pure anorthosite on the Moon S Yamamoto, R Nakamura, T Matsunaga, Y Ogawa, Y Ishihara, T Morota, ... Geophysical Research Letters 39 (13), 2012 | 124 | 2012 |
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