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Why doesnt the gas on a gas giant planet escape into space?
For the same reason that our atmosphere on Earth does not escape into space - gravity.
This holds a planet's atmosphere close to its surface?
Gravity holds a planet's atmosphere close to its surface. The gravitational force of the planet's mass prevents the gases in the atmosphere from escaping into space. Without gravity, the atmosphere would disperse into space.
What force holds a planet's atmosphere in place?
Gravity holds the atmosphere around the planet. Gravity is the force that attracts a body toward the center of the planet. For most purposes Newton's laws of gravity apply, with minor modifications to take the general theory of relativity into account.
Why is space not like earth?
Earth: Space: - is a planet - No gravity - supports life - Vaccum - gravity - No gravity or atmosphere - atmosphere
Which planet does not have enough gravity to have an atmosphere?
Nercury
Why can't the atmosphere of gas giant planets escape into space?
Where a planet or moon has an atmosphere, it is the gravity of the moon or planet that holds the atmosphere on the planet or moon.
What property controls the quantity of atmosphere in planets?
The property that controls the quantity of atmosphere in planets is the planet's gravity. A planet's gravitational force is responsible for holding its atmosphere in place. The stronger the gravity, the more atmosphere a planet can retain. Conversely, lower gravity can result in a thinner or less substantial atmosphere.
What stops our planet's atmosphere from flying away?
Gravity.
Why the planet earth was able to maintain its atmosphere?
Gravity
What property controls the type and amount of atmosphere a planet has?
gravity controls the amount of atmosphere that a planet has because the more gravity that a planet has, the more atmosphere it can hold in. God controlled the type of atmosphere a planet had at the start, but since then, the chemical reactions on its surface, volcanic activity, and similar things have changed it slightly.
What characteristics determine whether a planet or moon can maintain an atmosphere?
gravity and temperature; It needs gravity so it can hold its atmosphere.
What keeps the atmosphere around the earth?
A magnetic field holds atmosphere to the planet. Without a magnetosphere the solar wind from the sun will blow the atmosphere away. That is why our planet still has an atmosphere, we have the magnetic poles.
