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What is the critical escape speed needed to hold atmosphere, and how
will it depend on the temperature? Let us take the major Solar System examples, from outside in: Pluto: 1,18 km per second, approaches to 30 a. u.. Appreciable nitrogen atmosphere restricted by freezing. Triton: 1,45 km per second, orbits at 30 a. u.. Appreciable nitrogen atmosphere restricted by freezing. Titan: 2,64 km per second, orbits at 10 a. u.. A nonfreezing nitrogen atmosphere, the inventory being 160 000 Pa. Io: 2,57 km per second, orbits at 5,2 a. u.. Not much atmosphere. Europa: 2,03 km per second, orbits at 5,2 a. u.. Not much atmosphere. Ganymede: 2,73 km per second, orbits at 5,2 a. u.. Not much atmosphere. Callisto: 2,44 km per second, orbits at 5,2 a. u.. Not much atmosphere. Mars: 5,03 km per second, orbits at 1.52 a. u.. A freezing carbon dioxide atmosphere, contains nonfreezing nitrogen inventory of 20 Pa. Moon: 2,38 km per second, orbits at 1 a. u.. Not much atmosphere. Earth: 11,2 km per second, orbits at 1 a. u.. Nitrogen atmosphere of approximately 80 000 Pa. Venus: 10,4 km per second, orbits at 0,72 a. u.. Carbon dioxide atmosphere with nitrogen inventory of about 300 000 Pa. Mercury: 4,44 km per second, orbits at 0,39 a. u.. Not much atmosphere. I wonder if there is any rule between the nitrogen contents of the three dense nitrogen atmospheres? |
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