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Science 9 October 1987:
Vol. 238. no. 4824, pp. 183 - 184
DOI: 10.1126/science.238.4824.183
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Organic Matter on Asteroid 130 Elektra

D. P. CRUIKSHANK 1 and R. H. BROWN 2

1 Institute for Astronomy. Honolulu, HI 96822.
2 Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, CA 91109.

Infrared absorption spectra of a low-albedo water-rich asteroid appear to show a weak 3.4-micrometer carbon-hydrogen stretching mode band, which suggests the presence of hydrocarbons on asteroid 130 Elektra. The organic extract from the primitive carbonaceous chondritic Murchison meteorite shows similar spectral bands.

Submitted on May 15, 1987
Accepted on August 19, 1987


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