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Gravity affects hydrogen the same way it does any other element. Hydrogen is lighter than air (nitrogen and oxygen) and therefor is buoyant in air, meaning it floats. No more differently than a piece of wood floats on water. There is no force counteracting gravity's force on the hydrogen, except that nitrogen and oxygen are pulled down to earth displacing the hydrogen. when the hydrogen reaches the outer layer of the atmosphere it will be held there by gravity until some other force (solar wind maybe) strips it away from the earth.

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