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Abundances of Organic Compounds and Cyanide in Apollo 17 Lunar Samples

Authors

Jamie ElsilaJose AponteHannah McLainDanielle SimkusJason DworkinDaniel GlavinRyan ZeiglerFrancis McCubbin


Description

This dataset reports abundances of certain organic compounds (amino acids, aldehydes, ketones, amines, carboxylic acids) and cyanides from Apollo 17 samples made available through the Apollo Next Generation Sample Analysis (ANGSA) program. Samples included the 73001/73002 double drive tube, as well as surface samples 70180, 72320, and 76240. This data is supplemental material for a manuscript submitted to JGR-Planets. Lunar samples were extracted in hot water and the extract was split for coordinated analysis using a variety of chromatographic-mass spectrometric techniques. The included PDF contains sample and method details, as well as compound-class specific information on compounds that were searched for and not detected and measurement-specific observations to accompany the data tables. The dataset tables give compound-specific quantitations and standard deviations of measurements.


Mission

Apollo 17

Samples

73001
72320
73002
70180
76240

How To Cite

Elsila, J., Aponte, J., McLain, H., Simkus, D., Dworkin, J., Glavin, D., Zeigler, R., McCubbin, F., 2023. Abundances of Organic Compounds and Cyanide in Apollo 17 Lunar Samples, Version 1.0. Astromaterials Data Archive. https://doi.org/10.60520/IEDA/113068 Accessed 2026-09-29.

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December 14, 2023

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Related Publication

Elsila, J. E., Aponte, J. C., McLain, H. L., Simkus, D. N., Dworkin, J. P., Glavin, D. P., Zeigler, R. A., McCubbin, F. M., & ANGSA Science Team. (2024). Soluble organic compounds and cyanide in Apollo 17 lunar samples: Origins and curation effects. Journal of Geophysical Research: Planets, 129(4), e2023JE008133.

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NASA 18-ANGSA18-0004

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