Space/Science — HabitableZone

Space/Science » in reply to Both tropical and polar temperatures on Mars daily.

It's important to remember...

Temperature doesn't mean the same things as it does in a thicker atmosphere. I remember as a kid learning that the temperature in the very upper reaches of the atmosphere (effectively in space) were over a thousand degrees, yet nothing sitting there would burn up. The molecules are moving fast, but there are very few of them.

"Room temperature" in a near-vacuum isn't enough to give you open-air liquid water. Frost can form directly from vapor, and back directly to vapor it will go, like dry ice.

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