Organic material and gases in the early Solar System : the meteorite record

Abstract

Abstract. The most primitive chondrites and comets have undergone few modifications during the 4.56 billion years of the Solar System and can deliver to laboratories the components that witnessed the origin of the protosolar nebula. These components include organics, water and other volatile components that were formed in the parent molecular cloud of the solar system or during the protosolar epoch. This paper focuses on organic matter, water and noble gases contained in carbonaceous chondrites with a special emphasis on opened questions that could be assessed by laboratory experiments in order to shed new light on the origin of the solar system materials and planets.

Data-Driven Astrochemistry: One Step Further within the Origin of Life Puzzle

“…As meteorites are found on Earth, these types of samples can be analyzed in chemical laboratories using high-end analytical instrumentation. A high degree of analytical precision allows for sensitive probing of, e.g., the early solar system or planetary history information [ 48 , 49 ]. Many more powerful channels of information are provided by analyzing meteorites such as to profile astrochemical diversity and complexity.…”