To: SunkenCiv
How likely is a loose planet to have any atmosphere?
It’s pretty cold in interstellar space...
6 posted on
03/10/2012 11:33:48 AM PST by
null and void
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To: null and void
As likely as it is anywhere, but I take your point, if it’s cold enough, the atmosphere would condense and freeze, as on Pluto — depending on what the atmosphere is made of in the first place, and how much of it is there.
10 posted on
03/10/2012 11:36:21 AM PST by
SunkenCiv
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To: null and void
15 posted on
03/10/2012 11:42:40 AM PST by
BenLurkin
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To: null and void
“How likely is a loose planet to have any atmosphere?”
Good point.
Interstellar space is about 3 Kelvin, right?
Radiant energy from a nomad planet’s interior would be quite small.
On Earth, for instance, I think it’s less than 1% of what the sun delivers.
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