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helps to prevent this, as, normally, the solar wind would greatly enhance the escape of hydrogen. However, over the past 3 billion years Earth may have lost gases through the magnetic polar regions due to auroral activity, including a net 2% of its atmospheric oxygen. The net effect, taking the most
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contains 78.08% nitrogen, 20.95% oxygen, 0.93% argon, 0.04% carbon dioxide, and traces of hydrogen, helium, and other "noble" gases (by volume), but generally a variable amount of water vapor is also present, on average about 1% at sea level.
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Since a collection of gas molecules may be moving at a wide range of velocities, there will always be some fast enough to produce a slow leakage of gas into space. Lighter molecules move faster than heavier ones with the same thermal
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important escape processes into account, is that an intrinsic magnetic field does not protect a planet from atmospheric escape and that for some magnetizations the presence of a magnetic field works to increase the escape rate.
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Graphs of escape velocity against surface temperature of some Solar System objects showing which gases are retained. The objects are drawn to scale, and their data points are at the black dots in the middle.
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Composition and thickness is originally determined by the stellar nebula's chemistry and temperature, but can also by a product processes within the astronomical body outgasing a different atmosphere.
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that escape from objects with lower gravity. Secondly, the distance from the Sun determines the energy available to heat atmospheric gas to the point where some fraction of its molecules'
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and thus protects the organisms from genetic damage. The current composition of the atmosphere of the Earth is the product of billions of years of biochemical modification of the
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Atmospheres have dramatic effects on the surfaces of rocky bodies. Objects that have no atmosphere, or that have only an exosphere, have terrain that is covered in
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is a significant factor in shaping the terrain of rocky planets with atmospheres, and over time can erase the effects of both craters and
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The composition of Earth's atmosphere is determined by the by-products of the life that it sustains. Dry air (mixture of gases) from
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has an atmosphere of nitrogen and methane similar to Triton's, but these gases are frozen when it is farther from the Sun.
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Gunell, H.; Maggiolo, R.; Nilsson, H.; Stenberg Wieser, G.; Slapak, R.; Lindkvist, J.; Hamrin, M.; De Keyser, J. (2018).
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begins at 690 to 1,000 km from the surface, and extends to roughly 10,000 km, where it interacts with the
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before hitting a planet's surface. When meteoroids do impact, the effects are often erased by the action of wind.
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is composed of layers with different properties, such as specific gaseous composition, temperature, and pressure.
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Other bodies within the Solar System have extremely thin atmospheres not in equilibrium. These include the
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Atmospheres in boldface are significant atmospheres; atmospheres in italics are unconfirmed atmospheres.
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differs significantly among the planets. For example, the large gravitational force of the giant planet
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cannot exist without pressure, an atmosphere allows liquid to be present at the surface, resulting in
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is the lowest layer of the atmosphere. This extends from the planetary surface to the bottom of the
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of dry air, and the local acceleration of gravity at the point of barometric measurement.
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Atmospheres are clouds of gas bound to and engulfing an astronomical focal point of
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are known to have liquids at their surface and terrain on the planet suggests that
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This article is about atmospheres of celestial bodies. For Earth's atmosphere, see
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of the object. A planet retains an atmosphere when the gravity is great and the
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are lost more rapidly than those of high molecular weight. It is thought that
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are able to retain their atmospheres despite their relatively low gravities.
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of the vertical column of atmospheric gases. In said atmospheric model, the
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and other particles which, when they collide with the terrain, erode the
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The circulation of the atmosphere occurs due to thermal differences when
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Two satellites of the outer planets possess significant atmospheres.
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The first exoplanet whose atmospheric composition was determined is
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is the outer region of a star, which includes the layers above the
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Layer of gases surrounding an astronomical body held by gravity
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The low temperatures and higher gravity of the Solar System's
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extends from the top of the troposphere to the bottom of the
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measurement. The units of air pressure are based upon the
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may have lost much of their water when, after being
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