Exploring Organic Environments in the Solar System

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Size: 124 pages, 8 1/2 x 11

Publication Year:2007

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Task Group on Organic Environments in the Solar System, National Research Council
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The sources, distributions, and transformation of organic compounds in the solar system are active study areas as a means to provide information about the evolution of the solar system and the possibilities of life elsewhere in the universe. There ...
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Front Matter	i-xii
Executive Summary	1-8	(skim)
I—The Chemistry of Carbon, 1 Biotic and Abiotic Carbon Compounds	9-20	(skim)
II—The Formation, Modification, and Preservation of Organic Compounds in the Solar System, 2 Interstellar Chemistry	21-36	(skim)
3 Meteorites	37-51	(skim)
4 Primitive Bodies	52-71	(skim)
5 The Giant Planets and Their Satellites	72-84	(skim)
6 The Terrestrial Planets	85-100	(skim)
III—Exploration: Where to Go and What to Study, 7 Approaches to Research	101-106	(skim)
Appendix Glossary	107-112	(skim)

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The sources, distributions, and transformation of organic compounds in the solar system are active study areas as a means to provide information about the evolution of the solar system and the possibilities of life elsewhere in the universe. There are many organic synthesis processes, however, and ambiguity surrounds the relative effectiveness of these processes in explaining the distribution of organic compounds in the solar system. As a consequence, NASA directed the NRC to determine what processes account for the reduced carbon compounds found throughout the solar system and to examine how planetary exploration can advance understanding of this central issue. This report presents a discussion of the chemistry of carbon; an analysis of the formation, modification, and preservation of organic compounds in the solar system; and an assessment of research opportunities and strategies for enhancing our understanding of organic material in the solar system.

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