The prebiotic pathway from P-bearing iron meteorites to phosphates by DFT modelingOPEN ACCESS
Stefano Pantaleone, Marta Corno, Albert Rimola, Nadia Balucani, Piero Ugliengo PDF (OPEN ACCESS) “Among the biogenic macroelements, phosphorus is the one bringing the most fascinating and unsolved mysteries for what concern its prebiotic history. It…
Accessory mineral microstructure and chronology reveals no evidence for late heavy bombardment on the asteroid 4-VestaOPEN ACCESS
L.F. White, D.E. Moser, J.R. Darling, B.G. Rider-Stokes, B. Hyde, K.T. Tait, K. Chamberlain, A.K. Schmitt, J. Dunlop, M. Anand Earth and Planetary Science LettersVolume 636, 15 June 2024, 118694 LINK (OPEN ACCESS) “Highlights “A…
Ab initio molecular dynamics study of prebiotic production processes of organic compounds at meteorite impacts on ocean
Kohei Shimamura, Fuyuki Shimojo, Aiichiro Nakano, Shigenori Tanaka Journal of Computational Chemistry doi.org/10.1002/jcc.25606 First published: 11 October 2018 LINK “Recent experiments concerning prebiotic materials syntheses suggest that the iron‐bearing meteorite impacts on ocean during Late…
Asteroid 4 Vesta: Dynamical and collisional evolution during the Late Heavy BombardmentOPEN ACCESS
S. Pirani, D. Turrini Icarus Volume 271, June 2016, Pages 170–179 LINK update (23 August 2016): PDF (OPEN ACCESS) “Asteroid 4 Vesta is the only currently identified asteroid for which we possess samples in the…
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