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On 5 Mar 2004 14:38:34 GMT, Xaonon wrote in
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Ned i bach , Donald L
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Ned i bach , Donald L
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Now it is your turn! When did any large amount of water on Mars
start
to become scarce and why? - AKA - where did most of it go?

Much of it evaporated off. To retain a given molecule in its
atmosphere
for long periods of time, a planet's escape velocity must be several
times larger than the RMS speed of that molecule---a factor of 10 is a
good rule of thumb. Mars, as it happens, is on the wrong side of this
critical value. The fact that the planet has basically no
magnetosphere
probably didn't help either.

So, you would say that when the Sun actually heated up and took off,
giving such as a strong solar wind, that the oceans of Mars and Venus
were
doomed?

Assuming I'm understanding this train wreck of a sentence properly, no.
Venus is massive enough to retain lighter molecules such as water. The
fact
that it still doesn't have oceans is due to other factors (i.e. being a
complete hellhole).

Detroit still has water. Explain that!

Detroit still has a human population. Explain that.

"He's a cop killer."


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