Primary Convener:
Amanda Alexander, Southwest Research Institute Boulder

Convener:
Karyn Rogers, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
Nuri Park, Arizona State University
Meri Herrero, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute

Early Career Convener:
Meri Herrero, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute

Chair:
Amanda Alexander, University of Colorado in Boulder
Meri Herrero, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute

Debris from planetary formation resulted in frequent bombardment to the planets, moons, and small bodies throughout the solar system. These impacts generate unique environments with extreme temperature and pressure gradients. Under these conditions, chemical inventories may have evolved along prebiotic pathways conducive to life’s emergence on Earth. Constraining the conditions during and after impacts is critical to understanding habitability on early Earth and other bodies. We invite contributions that explore geologic, atmospheric, and prebiotic chemistry during and after the impact events on Earth and beyond, and the potential contributions to planetary habitability. We encourage a diverse approach leveraging modeling, experimental, and observational techniques.

Index Terms
1060 Planetary geochemistry
5215 Origin of life
5420 Impact phenomena, cratering
5455 Origin and evolution

Neighborhoods:
4. Beyond Earth

Cross-Listed:
EP - Earth and Planetary Surface Processes