Re:Organic molecule compositions in samples of asteroid Ryugu
by _a_a_a_ on Saturday February 25, 2023 @11:51AM
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Umm, I don't know but would guess water-ice sublimes over time in a vacuum.
Re:Organic molecule compositions in samples of asteroid Ryugu
by idlewords on Saturday February 25, 2023 @12:50PM
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The rings of Saturn are almost entirely little chunks of water ice, and they are stable over many hundreds of millions of years. Cold ice (below about 150K) has a very low vapor pressure.
Re:Organic molecule compositions in samples of asteroid Ryugu
by sandworm101 on Sunday February 26, 2023 @11:35AM
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Sublimates in one place, condenses in another. It moves from sunny parts of a body to darker parts. And since everything is rotating, the net effect is minimal.
Re:Organic molecule compositions in samples of asteroid Ryugu
by Nomentatus on Sunday February 26, 2023 @03:41PM
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For that to happen, it can't be gravity that keeps a single molecule near long enough for that to happen - dipole forces at a fairly large distance in vacuum over enough time... maybe... at enough distance from the sun. Maybe. Maybe.
Static electrical field from the asteroid, stoked by the sun?
Water is everywhere in space. Only amongst the inner planets is it baked away by the heat of the sun. Out past Jupiter, most every rock seems to have substantial water content. Most of that is ice, but any source of heat turns that into water for a time. Two asteroids colliding would produce some liquid water in their interiors, long enough for some organic chemistry to happen.