Poster communications
Preservation of organics at Mars' near-surface
Caroline Freissinet
1, 2
Daniel P. Glavin
2
Arnaud Buch
3
Cyril Szopa
4, 5
P. D. Archer Jr.
6
William B. Brinckerhoff
2
Anna E. Brunner
2
Jennifer L. Eigenbrode
2
Heather B. Franz
2
S. Kashyap
7, 2
Charles A. Malespin
2
Maeva Millan
5
Kristen E. Miller
8
Rafael Navarro-González
9
B. D. Prats
2
Roger E. Summons
10
Samuel Teinturier
5
Paul R. Mahaffy
2
Caroline Freissinet 1, 2
Author IdHAL : caroline-freissinet ORCID : https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6528-330X
Daniel P. Glavin 2
Author
Arnaud Buch 3
Author IdHAL : arnaud-buch
Cyril Szopa 4, 5
Author IdHAL : cyril-szopa ORCID : https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0090-4056
P. D. Archer Jr. 6
Author
William B. Brinckerhoff 2
Author
Anna E. Brunner 2
Author
Jennifer L. Eigenbrode 2
Author
Kristen E. Miller 8
Author
Rafael Navarro-González 9
Author
B. D. Prats 2
Author
Roger E. Summons 10
Author
Samuel Teinturier 5
Author
Paul R. Mahaffy 2
Author
1
CSST - Center for Space Sciences and Technology (5523 Research Park Drive, Suite 140, Baltimore, MD 21228 - United States)
- UMBC - University of Maryland [Baltimore County] (1000 Hilltop Circle • Baltimore, MD 21250 - United States)
- University of Maryland System (United States)
2
GSFC - NASA Goddard Space Flight Center (Greenbelt, MD 20771 - United States)
3
LGPM - Laboratoire de Génie des Procédés et Matériaux - EA 4038 (CentraleSupélec - Bâtiment Eiffel - 3 rue Joliot Curie 91190 GIF-SUR-YVETTE - France)
- CentraleSupélec (3, rue Joliot Curie, Plateau de Moulon, 91192 GIF-SUR-YVETTE Cedex - France)
4
IUF - Institut Universitaire de France (Maison des Universités 103 Boulevard Saint-Michel 75005 Paris - France)
- M.E.N.E.S.R. - Ministère de l'Education nationale, de l’Enseignement supérieur et de la Recherche (1 rue Descartes - 75231 Paris cedex 05 - France)
5
PLANETO - LATMOS (France)
- LATMOS - Laboratoire Atmosphères, Milieux, Observations Spatiales (11 boulevard d'Alembert
Quartier des Garennes
78280 - Guyancourt - France)
- UVSQ - Université de Versailles Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines : UMR8190 (55 avenue de Paris - 78035 Versailles cedex - France)
- UPMC - Université Pierre et Marie Curie - Paris 6 : UMR8190 (4 place Jussieu - 75005 Paris - France)
- INSU - CNRS - Institut national des sciences de l'Univers : UMR8190 (INSU-CNRS 3 rue Michel-Ange, 75794 Paris Cedex 16 - France)
- CNRS - Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique : UMR8190 (France)
6
Jacobs Technology ESCG (2224 Bay Area Blvd, Houston, TX 77058 - United States)
7
CRESST - Center for Research and Exploration in Space Science and Technology [GSFC] (GSFC, Greenbelt, MD 20771 - United States)
- GSFC - NASA Goddard Space Flight Center (Greenbelt, MD 20771 - United States)
8
MIT - Massachusetts Institute of Technology (77 Massachusetts Ave, Cambridge, MA 02139 - United States)
9
Instituto de Ciencias Nucleares [Mexico] (04510 Ciudad de México, CDMX, Mexique - Mexico)
10
EAPS - Department of Earth, Atmospheric and Planetary Sciences [MIT, Cambridge] (Massachusetts Institute of Technology 77 Massachusetts Avenue Cambridge, MA 02139-4307 - United States)
- MIT - Massachusetts Institute of Technology (77 Massachusetts Ave, Cambridge, MA 02139 - United States)
Abstract : One of the biggest concerns for the in situ detection of organic molecules on
extraterrestrial environment is the preservation potential of the molecules at the surface and subsurface given the harsh radiative environment and oxidants they are exposed to.
The Mars Science Laboratory (MSL) mission hosts Sample Analysis at Mars (SAM), a 40 kg suite of instruments which is devoted to make the inventory of organic and inorganic compounds in Mars’ atmosphere and subsurface, and understanding their processes of preservation.
To date, SAM has detected and identified several organic molecules in the Martian subsuface, such as chloroalkanes, chlorobenzene at various states of chlorination, sulphur-containaing molecules and functionalized aromatic hydrocarbons.
The presence of organic molecules opens up habitability to another level, where the building blocks of life were available. Understanding their windows of preservation of organics will help in the search for prebiotic or biological signature on Mars.
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Caroline Freissinet, Daniel P. Glavin, Arnaud Buch, Cyril Szopa, P. D. Archer Jr., et al.. Preservation of organics at Mars' near-surface. Biosignature Preservation and Detection in Mars Analog Environments conference, May 2016, Incline Village, NV, United States. ⟨insu-01336824⟩
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