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How come gas in this planet does not leak out to outer space???

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Actually, along with Gravity, the Earths Magnetic fields prevent the atmosphere from being stripped away by solar winds.

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Also, this thread is dumb.
 
Originally posted by: Nitemare
Originally posted by: CheesePoofs
Originally posted by: mjrpes3
Originally posted by: Stalker
Then won't moon gravity change Earth atmosphere
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You're forgetting about supernova gravity. Supernova gravity cancels out the moon gravity and helps gas not leak into the atmosphere.
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But YOU forgot about dark matter, which forms a nice little bubble around the earth and the moon, and makes it so the gravity of one can't affect the other (like a parent keeping two kids from fighting).
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Don't forget the gas giants like Uranus...
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Originally posted by: DrPizza
Bah, ignore them. Think about it. As earth is moving forward in its elliptical orbit, it "drops" some of the atmosphere behind, leaving a vapor trail. Then, when the earth is coming back around again, it runs into the stuff it dropped, and picks it back up (while dropping more atmosphere behind). Common sense should have told you this.

What's really fortunate is that the earth's period of revolution is roughly 365.25 days. That means it's off by a quarter of a day each time it goes around the sun. That way, it helps keep the atmosphere distributed all the way around the earth more evenly. Unfortunately, the tilt of the axis, coupled with that quarter day, results in the ozone layer at the north and south poles changing size, because they're tilted away, so lose their atmosphere more often sometimes, and later are tilted toward the sun and pick up more of the atmosphere at other times. Thus, instead of a continuous loss and gain, it's a more lengthy loss, followed by a more lengthy gain.

Feel free to quote me if this is a homework problem. If you need more, I can go into more details. 🙂 😛
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Classic!
 
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