Publication
Reference
Merouane S., Djouadi Z., Le Sergeant d'Hendecourt L., Zanda B., Borg J. (2012). Hydrocarbon material of likely interstellar Origin from the Paris meteorite. Astrophys. J., 756, 154.
Names
  • S. Merouane
  • Z. Djouadi
  • L. Le Sergeant d'Hendecourt
  • B. Zanda
  • J. Borg
Article and keywords
Title
Hydrocarbon material of likely interstellar Origin from the Paris meteorite
Abstract
We have examined some grains from the Paris meteorite through infrared and Raman micro-spectroscopy in order to investigate their carbonaceous and mineralogical components. In the mid- as well as far-infrared regions, the raw and global spectra of Paris resemble those of CM meteorites. However, we have obtained rather peculiar infrared spectra for some aromatic-rich micron-sized fragments of Paris displaying a very good match between its organic signatures both in the 3.4μm and 6μm regions, and the ones observed from the diffuse interstellar medium infrared sources toward the Galactic center, suggesting that this meteorite may have indeed preserved some organic matter of interstellar origin.
Keywords
ISM, spectroscopy, meteorites, experimental techniques
Content
spectral data, planetary sciences, spectral data use
Year
2012
Journal
The Astrophysical Journal
Volume
756
Pages
154
Pages number
7
Document type
article
Publication state
published
Doi
10.1088/0004-637X/756/2/154
Identifiers