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Gas in Space ???????
Reality is I can't think of a worse place for a gas to have or keep any
density than in the vacuum of space. Its where dilution has to take place. Heat is not transferred. Solids can hold their density,but not a gas. Space is extremely cold,and if a gas heats up it moves from hot to cold.This again works in the wrong direction to create compression. Something is missing. and its answer is not just dust Bert |
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Gas in Space ???????
Reality is I can't think of a worse place for a gas to have or keep any
density than in the vacuum of space. You would be so much better off thinking about interplanetary/ interstellar/intergalactic space as what it really is; plasma, and not vacuum. |
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Gas in Space ???????
zan Sorry I can't think of intergalactic space having a plasma type
structure If you can explain what space plasma looks like?. The stars have a lot of it. It is very hot an active. Bert |
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Gas in Space ???????
Even one atom per cubic meter is not absolute vacuum.
Just imagine the difference between one atom per cubic meter, and one atom per cubic kilometre. Here is a quote from wikipedia, regarding the intergalactic medium: "Surrounding and stretching between galaxies, there is a rarefied gas that is thought to possess a cosmic filamentary structure and that is slightly denser than the average density in the Universe. This material is called the intergalactic medium (IGM) and is mostly ionized hydrogen (i.e. a plasma) consisting of equal numbers of electrons and protons. The IGM is thought to exist at a density of 10 to 100 times the average density of the Universe (10 to 100 hydrogen atoms per cubic meter). It reaches densities as high as 1000 times the average density of the Universe in rich clusters of galaxies." |
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