Suess H E
Orig Life. 1975 Jan-Apr;6(1-2):9-13. doi: 10.1007/BF01372385.
The inner planets were formed from smaller objects that had no gases associated with them. These objects contained relatively small amounts of water and carbon in a form similar to that found in carbonaceous chondrites. The first forms of life must have originated during the time when the water reacted with the carbon (and also with nitrides, phosphides, etc.), while the hydrogen formed by this reaction was continuously lost from the gravitational field of the Earth. About 10-44 atoms of carbon reacted with water during less than 10-17 s. The crucial question is whether some form of life will always develop under these conditions, or whether the origin of life is an improbable, perhaps an immensely improbable event. At present it is still impossible to answer this question.
内行星由不与气体相关联的较小天体形成。这些天体含有相对少量的水和碳，其形态与碳质球粒陨石中发现的相似。生命的最初形式肯定起源于水与碳（以及氮化物、磷化物等）发生反应的时期，而该反应产生的氢则不断从地球引力场中散失。在不到10⁻¹⁷秒的时间内，约10⁻⁴⁴个碳原子与水发生了反应。关键问题在于，在这些条件下是否总会发展出某种形式的生命，或者生命起源是否是一个不太可能发生的事件，也许是极不可能发生的事件。目前，这个问题仍然无法回答。
