Look up "Jeans Escape."

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TB — 10/9/2012 12:16:09 AM (archived)

Thermal losses from the edge of the atmosphere, i.e. molecules reaching escape velocity from thermal effects, are calculated at about three kilograms of hydrogen and 50 grams of helium per second.

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Black September, October Surprise - ER - 10/2/2012 6:16:14 PM
- Weird Winter? - podrock - 10/3/2012 2:51:10 AM
  - One winter, or one year, proves nothing. - ER - 10/3/2012 3:02:09 AM
    - As more and more ice melts, it gets to be a really slippery slope. - bowser - 10/3/2012 3:16:48 AM
      - Le Chatellier's Principle. - ER - 10/3/2012 8:04:05 PM
        
        Agree, disagree, and question. - johannes - 10/4/2012 12:40:33 AM
        
        Look up "sputtering". That's how gas is lost from a planet with a lot of gravity like earth. - alcaray - 10/5/2012 8:53:06 PM
        
        Sounds about right. The question is? - johannes - 10/9/2012 12:04:17 AM
        
        The energy for sputtering comes from the solar wind, not from ambient atmospheric temperature. - alcaray - 10/9/2012 2:00:58 AM
        
        Look up "Jeans Escape." - TB - 10/9/2012 12:16:09 AM
        
        Thank you, found it. - johannes - 10/9/2012 3:18:48 AM
- Sorry, Charlie. End times prophecy says nothing about ice melting. - bowser - 10/3/2012 1:10:55 AM
  - Depends who you worship. Fimbulwinter precedes Ragnarok. - alcaray - 10/3/2012 3:11:16 AM
    - Pagan! - bowser - 10/6/2012 3:23:03 PM
    - (My childhood spent with Marvel comics was not wasted!) - alcaray - 10/3/2012 5:07:45 AM
    - Darkness - ER - 10/3/2012 3:31:39 AM

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