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AST.133 Atmospheric Retention and Escape
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Why can Venus keep a thick carbon dioxide atmosphere despite being hot?
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Venus has no sunlight reaching its upper atmosphere.
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Carbon dioxide is the lightest gas in the Solar System.
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Venus has strong enough gravity and carbon dioxide is relatively heavy.
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High temperature always prevents all atmosphere retention.
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