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Organic chemistry in planetary satellites of gas giants and implications for habitability

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  27 October 2016

Athena Coustenis
Athena Coustenis*
Affiliation:
Laboratoire d'Etudes Spatiales et d'Instrumentation en Astrophysique (LESIA), Observatoire de Paris, PSL-Research Univ., CNRS, Univ. Paris 06, Sorbonne Univ., Univ. Paris-Diderot, Sorbonne Paris-Cité, 5, place Jules Janssen, 92195 Meudon Cedex, France email: athena.coustenis@obspm.fr
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Abstract

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We look at the icy moons in our outer solar system in which we find organics and the possibility for habitabile conditions therein.

Keywords

planets and satellites: formationmethods: data analysis
Type
Contributed Papers
Information
Proceedings of the International Astronomical Union , Volume 11 , General Assembly A29B: Astronomy in Focus , August 2015 , pp. 421 - 425
Copyright
Copyright © International Astronomical Union 2016 

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