Exam 9: Atmospheres of the Terrestrial Planets

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A gas eventually will escape from a planet's atmosphere if the average velocity of the atoms exceeds 1/6 times the escape velocity of the planet.If the average velocity of water vapor in Venus's atmosphere is 0.9 km/s,would it eventually escape into outer space? Note that Venus's mass is 5 × 1024 kg and its radius is 6,050 km.

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