Origins of the Earth, Moon, and Life
An Interdisciplinary Approach

Presents theories, experiments, observations, and data from a unified perspective of the five astro-sciences, astronomy, astrobiology, astrogeology, astrophysics, and cosmochemistry

Akio Makishima (Author)

9780128120583

Paperback, published 1 February 2017

268 pages
23.4 x 19 x 1.8 cm, 0.59 kg

Approx.260 pages

1. Origin of Elements2. Formation of the Proto-Earth in the Solar Nebula3. The Giant Impact Made the Present Earth–Moon System4. What Is the Late Veneer, and Why Is It Necessary?5. The Age of the Moon6. Age of the Earth From Geological Records Remaining on the Earth Surface7. Life on Mars From the Martian Meteorite?8. The Hadean and Archaean Atmosphere and the Oldest Records of Life as Micro- or Chemofossils9. How Did Initial Life-Related Molecules Appear on Earth?10. From Life-Related Molecules to Life11. Possibility of Life on Other Planetary Bodies in Our Solar System12. Conclusions

Subject Areas: Space science [TTD], Astronomy, space & time [PG]