UVolution, a photochemistry experiment in low earth orbit: Investigation of the photostability of carbonates exposed to martian-like UV radiation conditions

Planetary and Space Science

Volumn 58, Issue 12, 2010, Pages 1617-1624

  Stalport, Fabien ^a,b   Yong Guan, Yuan ^a   Audrey, Noblet ^a   Coll, Patrice ^a   Szopa, Cyril ^c   MacAri, Frdrique ^a   Person, Alain ^c   Chaput, Didier ^d   Raulin, Franois ^a   Cottin, Herv ^a  

^a LABORATOIRE INTERUNIVERSITAIRE DES SYSTÈMES ATMOSPHÉRIQUES   (France)

^b NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

^c SORBONNE UNIVERSITÉ   (France)

^d CNES   (France)

Author keywords

Astrobiology; Biominerals; Carbonates; Low Earth orbit; Mars; UV radiation

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL ACTIVITIES; BIOMINERALS; ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS; FUTURE MISSION; IN-SITU ANALYSIS; LABORATORY EXPERIMENTS; LIQUID WATER; LOW EARTH ORBITS; LOW-EARTH ORBIT; MARS; PHOTO-DECOMPOSITION; PHOTO-STABILITY; SPACE CONDITIONS; SPECTRAL DISTRIBUTION; SURFACE OF MARS; UV RADIATION;

CALCIUM; CALCIUM CARBONATE; COMMUNICATION SATELLITES; DEPOSITS; EARTH (PLANET); LABORATORIES; ORBITS; RADIATION; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION;

EXPERIMENTS;

EID: 77956610410     PISSN: 00320633     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pss.2010.08.005     Document Type: Article

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