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IN recent years there has been considerable interest in the production of complex organic molecules in primitive atmospheres. The emphasis of most of this work has been on mechanisms for prebiological synthesis of amino acids and related molecules, but the feasibility of producing organic chromophores which may account for the colours observed on planets and satellites in the outer Solar System by these same processes has become a topic of research effort in the past few years.
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SCATTERGOOD, T., LESSER, P. & OWEN, T. Production of Organic Molecules by Proton Irradiation. Nature 247, 100–101 (1974). https://doi.org/10.1038/247100a0
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