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DOI | 10.1073/pnas.2106197118 |
Quantitative evaluation of the feasibility of sampling the ice plumes at Enceladus for biomarkers of extraterrestrial life | |
James S. New; Bahar Kazemi; Vassilia Spathis; Mark C. Price; Richard A. Mathies; Anna L. Butterworth | |
2021-09-14 | |
发表期刊 | Proceedings of the National Academy of Science |
出版年 | 2021 |
英文摘要 | Enceladus, an icy moon of Saturn, is a compelling destination for a probe seeking biosignatures of extraterrestrial life because its subsurface ocean exhibits significant organic chemistry that is directly accessible by sampling cryovolcanic plumes. State-of-the-art organic chemical analysis instruments can perform valuable science measurements at Enceladus provided they receive sufficient plume material in a fly-by or orbiter plume transit. To explore the feasibility of plume sampling, we performed light gas gun experiments impacting micrometer-sized ice particles containing a fluorescent dye biosignature simulant into a variety of soft metal capture surfaces at velocities from 800 m ⋅ s−1 up to 3 km ⋅ s−1. Quantitative fluorescence microscopy of the capture surfaces demonstrates organic capture efficiencies of up to 80 to 90% for isolated impact craters and of at least 17% on average on indium and aluminum capture surfaces at velocities up to 2.2 km ⋅ s−1. Our results reveal the relationships between impact velocity, particle size, capture surface, and capture efficiency for a variety of possible plume transit scenarios. Combined with sensitive microfluidic chemical analysis instruments, we predict that our capture system can be used to detect organic molecules in Enceladus plume ice at the 1 nM level—a sensitivity thought to be meaningful and informative for probing habitability and biosignatures. |
领域 | 地球科学 |
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文献类型 | 期刊论文 |
条目标识符 | http://119.78.100.173/C666/handle/2XK7JSWQ/337630 |
专题 | 地球科学 |
推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714 | James S. New,Bahar Kazemi,Vassilia Spathis,et al. Quantitative evaluation of the feasibility of sampling the ice plumes at Enceladus for biomarkers of extraterrestrial life[J]. Proceedings of the National Academy of Science,2021. |
APA | James S. New,Bahar Kazemi,Vassilia Spathis,Mark C. Price,Richard A. Mathies,&Anna L. Butterworth.(2021).Quantitative evaluation of the feasibility of sampling the ice plumes at Enceladus for biomarkers of extraterrestrial life.Proceedings of the National Academy of Science. |
MLA | James S. New,et al."Quantitative evaluation of the feasibility of sampling the ice plumes at Enceladus for biomarkers of extraterrestrial life".Proceedings of the National Academy of Science (2021). |
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