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Xenon record of the early Solar System

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We suggest that xenon isotopes in meteorites and in outer regions of the Sun contain debris from a supernova which exploded in the vicinity of the present Solar System, and we conclude that xenon in the outer planets is enriched in this supernova debris.

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  1. Department of Chemistry, Grambling State University, Grambling, Louisiana, 71245

    D. D. Sabu

  2. Department of Chemistry, University of Missouri, Rolla, Missouri, 65401

    O. K. Manuel

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Sabu, D., Manuel, O. Xenon record of the early Solar System. Nature 262, 28–32 (1976). https://doi.org/10.1038/262028a0

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