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What planet has a thick atmosphere of mainly hydrogen and helium due to conditions during the formation of the planets?
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Uranus and Neptune both have thick, gassy atmospheres that were formed by the left-overs of the formation of the planets.
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Which planet has a thick atmosphere of mainly hydrogen and helium due to conditions during the formation of the planets?
Neptune.
Which process explains why the terrestrial planets do not have hydrogen and helium in their atmospheres?
The terrestrial planets are less massive and therefore have less gravity. As a result, much of the lighter gases could escape, in the process of planet formation.
Why do outer planets have a thicker atmospheres than the inner planets?
Gravity is the force that keeps an atmosphere in place, surrounding a planet. Since there is no actual roof or container holding in the atmosphere, gas can always leak away into outer space, if it is not held in place by gravity. So the stronger the gravitational force, the more atmosphere can be retained. Large planets have a lot of hydrogen in their atmosphere, but hydrogen leaks away from smaller planets. Large planets attracted more gas when they were originally formed, as well. Remember that the solar system itself, and everything in it, originally condensed out of an interstellar cloud of gas and dust.
What property controls the quantity of atmosphere in planets?
What property controls the quantity of atmosphere in planets?
Why are gaseous planets larger than rocky planets like earth?
Planets which began in dense matter regions have greater mass, and are able to hold onto their large, deep atmospheres of light gases like hydrogen and helium. (Jupiter's diameter is mostly atmosphere, while Earth's atmosphere is relatively shallow at about 1% of its diameter.)
Which planet has a thick atmosphere of mainly hydrogen and helium due to conditions during the formation of the planets?
Neptune.
What planet has a thick atmosphere of mainly hydrogen and helium due to the conditions during the formation of the planets?
Uranus and Neptune both have thick, gassy atmospheres that were formed by the left-overs of the formation of the planets.
What is planets Saturn atmosphere compsed of?
Hydrogen and Helium
Why did free hydrogen in terrestrial planets atmosphere escape?
cause it felt like it
What is mercurys atmosphere'?
it is made of small amounts hydrogen helium and oxygen. it has almost no atmosphere because of the planets gravity.
What is mercurys atmosphere made of?
Mercury has the thinnest atmosphere of all the planets in our solar system. Mercury's atmosphere is primarily made up of oxygen, sodium, and hydrogen.
What planet has an atmosphere of helium and hydrogen?
Saturn AND Jupitar (both have the same atmosphere)
How would the chemicals of other planets atmosphere's react with those of earths?
Well considering most other planets with atmospheres have methane and hydrogen as major components of their atmosphere, it would likely ignite.
Why are the components of jovian atmosphere so different from those of terrestrial planets?
Because Jupiter is mainly hydrogen.
What is the major difference between smaller inner planets and larger outer?
The relative size of the gaseous atmosphere - mostly due to the amount of hydrogen in that atmosphere.
Stars and planets are made from what gas?
The atmosphere of the gas giants is usually made up of mostly of hydrogen and what?
How the planets contribute to land formation?
Planets play no role in land formation of the earth
