UVolution: Compared photochemistry of prebiotic organic compounds in low Earth orbit and in the laboratory

Planetary and Space Science

Volumn 58, Issue 10, 2010, Pages 1327-1346

  Guan, Yuan Yong ^a   Fray, Nicolas ^a   Coll, Patrice ^a   MacAri, Frdrique ^a   Chaput, Didier ^b   Raulin, Franois ^a   Cottin, Herv ^a  

^a LABORATOIRE INTERUNIVERSITAIRE DES SYSTÈMES ATMOSPHÉRIQUES   (France)

^b CNES   (France)

Author keywords

Astrobiology; Biopan; Low Earth Orbit exposure; Organic matter; Photolysis; VUV

Indexed keywords

CARBON SUBOXIDES; CHEMICAL EVOLUTION; EARTH ORBITS; EXTRATERRESTRIAL ENVIRONMENTS; EXTRATERRESTRIAL ORIGIN; HALF LIVES; IN-ORBIT; LABORATORY EXPERIMENTS; LABORATORY MEASUREMENTS; LOW EARTH ORBIT EXPOSURE; LOW EARTH ORBITS; LOWER LIMITS; ORGANIC MATERIALS; ORGANIC MATTER; ORGANIC SAMPLES; PHOTO-STABILITY; PREBIOTICS; SOLAR SPECTRUM; SOLAR UV RADIATION; SOURCE OF ENERGY;

BIOGEOCHEMISTRY; BIOLOGICAL MATERIALS; COMMUNICATION SATELLITES; EXPERIMENTS; LABORATORIES; MOLECULAR VIBRATIONS; PHOTOLYSIS; POSITIVE IONS; SOLAR ENERGY; SOLAR RADIATION; SUN; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION; UREA;

ORBITS;

EID: 77955417134     PISSN: 00320633     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pss.2010.05.017     Document Type: Article

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