Discovery of water vapour around IRC+10216 as evidence for comets orbiting another star
10.1038/35084024
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Melnick, G. J., Neufeld, D. A., Ford, K. E. S., Hollenbach, D. J., & Ashby, M. L. N. (2001). Discovery of water vapour around IRC+10216 as evidence for comets orbiting another star. Nature, 412(6843), 160–163.

Authors 5
  1. Gary J. Melnick (first)
  2. David A. Neufeld (additional)
  3. K. E. Saavik Ford (additional)
  4. David J. Hollenbach (additional)
  5. Matthew L. N. Ashby (additional)
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@article{Melnick_2001, title={Discovery of water vapour around IRC+10216 as evidence for comets orbiting another star}, volume={412}, ISSN={1476-4687}, url={http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/35084024}, DOI={10.1038/35084024}, number={6843}, journal={Nature}, publisher={Springer Science and Business Media LLC}, author={Melnick, Gary J. and Neufeld, David A. and Ford, K. E. Saavik and Hollenbach, David J. and Ashby, Matthew L. N.}, year={2001}, month=jul, pages={160–163} }