Why doesn’t the atmosphere (air we breathe) just float off into space?
Some objects in space have atmospheres like Earth and Jupiter. Others like asteroids and the moon don’t have an atmosphere.
Why doesn’t earth atmosphere just drift away into space?
What am I missing about the concept of atmosphere?
In: Planetary Science
Earth is big. Big thing heavy. Heavy thing pull hard. Asteroid small and not so heavy. Not so heavy thing not pull so hard.
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