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Naturally occurring mixtures of terrestrial isoprenoids and other aliphatic hydrocarbons give the same chromatographic patterns as aliphatic hydrocarbons from carbonaceous chondrites; carbonaceous chondrites Wiik Types II and III show substantially higher contents of aliphatic hydrocarbons than meteoritic graphite nodules and Type I carbonaceous chondrites. Any theory of the origin of hydrocarbons in meteorites must explain these features.
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ORÓ, J., NOONER, D. Aliphatic Hydrocarbons in Meteorites. Nature 213, 1085–1087 (1967). https://doi.org/10.1038/2131085a0
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