Cosmochemistry
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Cosmochemistry is concerned with the origin and development of the elements and their isotopes, primarily within the Solar System. The term was coined by Harold Urey.[1] In contrast with astrochemistry, which is concerned with chemical elements in other parts of our Galaxy and in other galaxies which precludes bringing samples of chemical elements to laboratories on the Earth on a short (less than a few millenia) time scales, cosmochemistry can and frequently does involve direct contact (other than via photons) with celestial samples of chemical elements.
Cosmochemistry is connected to astrophysics, in particular to the physics of stars and supernovas. In particular, cosmochemistry is also concerned with origin and the development of elements and their isotopes in the solar system and therefore cosmochemistry is also important in planetology and for the investigation of origin and development of the solar system. Many contributions to cosmochemistry are from the research of meteorites, because meteorites are, together with samples from moon, currently the only extraterrestrial samples available for investigation in terrestrial laboratories.
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- ^ DMG Cosmochemistry project group. University of Koln. Retrieved on 2006-11-07.
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