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Giant planets: clues on current and past organic chemistry in the outer solar system
| Content Provider | NASA Technical Reports Server (NTRS) |
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| Author | Atreya, Sushil K. Pollack, James B. |
| Copyright Year | 1992 |
| Description | The giant planets of the outer solar system - Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, and Neptune - were formed in the same flattened disk of gas and dust, the solar nebula, as the terrestrial planets were. Yet, the giant planets differ in some very fundamental ways from the terrestrial planets. Despite enormous differences, the giant planets are relevant to exobiology in general and the origin of life on the Earth in particular. The giant planets are described as they are today. Their basic properties and the chemistry occurring in their atmospheres is discussed. Theories of their origin are explored and aspects of these theories that may have relevance to exobiology and the origin of life on Earth are stressed. |
| File Size | 1215861 |
| Page Count | 20 |
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| Alternate Webpage(s) | http://archive.org/details/NASA_NTRS_Archive_19930009362 |
| Archival Resource Key | ark:/13960/t21c6ws8n |
| Language | English |
| Publisher Date | 1992-08-01 |
| Access Restriction | Open |
| Subject Keyword | Organic Chemistry Solar Corona Planetary Environments Extraterrestrial Life Biological Evolution Planetary Evolution Gas Giant Planets Space Exploration Planetary Composition Ntrs Nasa Technical Reports Server (ntrs) Nasa Technical Reports Server Aerodynamics Aircraft Aerospace Engineering Aerospace Aeronautic Space Science |
| Content Type | Text |
| Resource Type | Article |
