Meteors do not break exogenous organic molecules into high yields of diatomics

Astrobiology

Volumn 4, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 67-79

  Jenniskens, Peter ^a   Schaller, Emily L ^b   Laux, Christophe O ^c   Wilson, Michael A ^d   Schmidt, Greg ^d   Rairden, Rick L ^e  

^a SETI INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b DARTMOUTH COLLEGE   (United States)

^c Stanford University   (United States)

^d NASA AMES RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^e LOCKHEED MARTIN   (United States)

Author keywords

Exogenous organics; Meteors; Origin of life; Prebiotic chemistry

Indexed keywords

ORGANIC COMPOUND;

ARTICLE; ASTRONOMY;

METEOROIDS; ORGANIC CHEMICALS;

EID: 2342654839     PISSN: 15311074     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/153110704773600249     Document Type: Article

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