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エンケラドスの深層から得た 大分子有機化合物
Frank Postberg1,2,3, Nozair Khawaja4, Bernd Abel5
1Institut für Geowissenschaften, Universität Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Germany. Frank.Postberg@geow.uni-heidelberg.de.
Nature
|June 29, 2018
まとめ
研究者達は,土星の衛星エンケラドスの氷の粒に 複雑な高分子量有機物質を発見しました. この発見は 地下海に豊富な有機物があることを示し, 潜在的に冷凍火山の羽根を通ってアクセスできます.
科学分野:
- 天体生物学
- 惑星科学
- 有機地化学
背景:
- 土星の衛星であるエンケラドスは 氷の殻の下には 地球上の海があります
- 月の表面から噴火し 海洋物質を宇宙に放出します
- 以前の研究では 低分子量で 単純な有機化合物を検出しました
研究 の 目的:
- エンケラドスの海の中の有機物質の存在と性質を調査する
- エンケラドスの羽根から放出された氷粒の成分を分析するために
- エンケラドスの海の中の 複雑な有機化学の可能性を 理解するためです
主な方法:
- エンケラドスの冷凍火山から採取した氷粒の分析
- 有機化合物の分子量と構造を決定するための質量スペクトロメトリ.
- 氷の粒子のマクロ分子有機物質の特徴
主要な成果:
- 放射された氷の粒子の濃縮された複雑なマクロ分子有機物質の検出
- 分子質量200原子質量単位を超える有機物質を観測した.
- 海洋の表面に 有機物質が豊富に存在し 有機物質の検出が容易になりました
結論:
- エンケラドスの海には 以前よりはるかに複雑な有機分子が含まれています
- この発見は 豊かな有機資源を備えた 居住可能な環境を示しています
- この研究は,エンケラドスの地下海洋で起こる化学的過程に関する新しい洞察を提供します.
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