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Record Nr.

UNINA9910828410303321

Titolo

Exploring organic environments in the solar system [[electronic resource] /] / Task Group on Organic Environments in the Solar System, Space Studies Board, Division on Engineering and Physical Sciences and Board on Chemical Sciences and Technology Division on Earth and Life Studies, National Research Council of the National Academies

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Washington, D.C., : National Academies Press, c2007

ISBN

1-280-84443-4

9786610844432

0-309-66186-2

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (124 p.)

Disciplina

547.2

Soggetti

Organic compounds - Synthesis - Environmental aspects

Solar system

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references.

Nota di contenuto

""Front Matter""; ""Preface""; ""Contents""; ""Executive Summary""; ""I The Chemistry of Carbon""; ""1 Biotic and Abiotic Carbon Compounds""; ""II The Formation, Modification, and Preservation of Organic Compounds in the Solar System""; ""2 Interstellar Chemistry""; ""3 Meteorites""; ""4 Primitive Bodies""; ""5 The Giant Planets and Their Satellites""; ""6 The Terrestrial Planets""; ""III�Exploration: Where to Go and What to Study""; ""7 Approaches to Research""; ""Appendix Glossary""