UV Photolysis of Mellitic Acid -- A Possible Organic at the Mars Phoenix Landing Site
Abstract
The Phoenix lander is the first mission since Viking that could detect organics. Mellitic acid is a possible decay product of meteoritic organics. We irradiate mellitic acid with UV, producing a residue to analyze and compare to Phoenix results.
- Publication:
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40th Annual Lunar and Planetary Science Conference
- Pub Date:
- March 2009
- Bibcode:
- 2009LPI....40.2077A