If abiogenetically distinct alien life is discovered in the solar system before 2070, where will it be first discovered?
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2070
31%
Europa
20%
Mars
14%
Enceladus
9%
Titan
7%
Venus
4%
Other
4%
Ganymede
1.5%
Ceres
1.5%
Another location in the Jovian system
1.5%
Another location in the Saturnian system
1.5%
Uranus or one of its moons
1.5%
Triton
1.5%
Another location in the Neptunian system
1.5%
Another dwarf planet or one of its moons
1.4%
Pluto/Charon system

As specified above, the currently living or extinct extraterrestrial organisms must be the result of a separate abiogenesis, i.e must not share a common origin with currently known terrestrial lifeforms like humans, for instance. So in the case of a shadow biosphere being discovered on Earth prior to 2070 the question resolves as Other.

Conditional to such life being found, we ask where the organisms live or lived under natural conditions. This question will resolve as Yes for the option above which is the first place known to meet the criteria. All other options will resolve as No. If no such discovery of extraterrestrial life has occurred before January 1, 2070, it resolves as N/A.

The location will be assessed by scientific consensus. If several places would qualify, this question resolves as the first example discovered. So, for instance, if life sharing a common origin is discovered both on Europa and another moon of Jupiter the question resolves as the location to receive scientific consensus first (not, for example, the location where the evidence establishing its existence was gathered the earliest).

Other is a catch-all option which includes Mercury, Earth, the Moon, asteroids, comets, and other locations not explicitly specified. For the purpose of this question, the solar system will be defined as the entire region inside the Hill sphere of the Sun so objects belonging the Oort cloud are considered part of the region of interest.

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