TY - JOUR
T1 - Implications of Extraterrestrial Material on the Origin of Life
AU - Pasek, Matthew A.
PY - 2015/8/1
Y1 - 2015/8/1
N2 - Meteoritic organic material may provide the best perspective on prebiotic chemistry. Meteorites have also been invoked as a source of prebiotic material. This study suggests a caveat to extraterrestrial organic delivery: that prebiotic meteoritic organics were too dilute to promote prebiotic reactions. However, meteoritic material provides building material for endogenous synthesis of prebiotic molecules, such as by hydrolysis of extraterrestrial organic tars, and corrosion of phosphide minerals.
AB - Meteoritic organic material may provide the best perspective on prebiotic chemistry. Meteorites have also been invoked as a source of prebiotic material. This study suggests a caveat to extraterrestrial organic delivery: that prebiotic meteoritic organics were too dilute to promote prebiotic reactions. However, meteoritic material provides building material for endogenous synthesis of prebiotic molecules, such as by hydrolysis of extraterrestrial organic tars, and corrosion of phosphide minerals.
UR - https://digitalcommons.usf.edu/geo_facpub/1289
UR - https://doi.org/10.1017/S1743921316005731
U2 - 10.1017/S1743921316005731
DO - 10.1017/S1743921316005731
M3 - Article
VL - 11
JO - Proceedings of the International Astronomical Union
JF - Proceedings of the International Astronomical Union
ER -