Organics in the Solar System

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Organics in the Solar System Kwok, Sun

Abstract

Complex organics are now commonly found in meteorites, comets, asteroids, planetary satellites, and interplanetary dust particles. The chemical composition and possible origin of these organics are presented. Specifically, we discuss the possible link between Solar System organics and the complex organics synthesized during the late stages of stellar evolution. Implications of extraterrestrial organics on the origin of life on Earth and the possibility of existence of primordial organics on Earth are also discussed.

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Title	Organics in the Solar System
Creator	Kwok, Sun
Date Issued	2019-01-13
Description	Complex organics are now commonly found in meteorites, comets, asteroids, planetary satellites, and interplanetary dust particles. The chemical composition and possible origin of these organics are presented. Specifically, we discuss the possible link between Solar System organics and the complex organics synthesized during the late stages of stellar evolution. Implications of extraterrestrial organics on the origin of life on Earth and the possibility of existence of primordial organics on Earth are also discussed.
Subject	Meteorites; Organics; Stellar evolution
Genre	Article; Postprint
Type	Text
Language	eng
Date Available	2020-01-13
Provider	Vancouver : University of British Columbia Library
Rights	Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International
DOI	10.14288/1.0378232
URI	http://hdl.handle.net/2429/69715
Affiliation	Science, Faculty of; Non UBC; Earth, Ocean and Atmospheric Sciences, Department of
Publisher DOI	10.1088/1674–4527/19/4/49
Peer Review Status	Reviewed
Scholarly Level	Faculty
Rights URI	http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/
Aggregated Source Repository	DSpace

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