Organics found on dwarf planet Ceres
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I'd imagine it'd take a long time for some decent amount of planetary coverage, even if everything happened favourably.
This means hydrocarbons that lack highly stable cyclical structures (e.g. benzene rings). Examples include alkanes, alkenes, alkynes like propane, ethylene, propylene, cyclohexane, etc.
What is special about lacking stable cyclical structures in this context? Does this have any bearing on, say, a link to life?
Who would have expected arsenic based life (I don'think many would call this organic): http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/12...