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RE: Louis Frank's 'Small Comets'
- To: wal <meteorite@compuserve.com>, <meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com>
- Subject: RE: Louis Frank's 'Small Comets'
- From: dpitt@interport.net (Darryl Pitt)
- Date: Wed, 27 May 1998 09:43:56 -0400
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>Listees,
>Methinks there are good explanations for why there is no water on moon. The
>boiling pt of water in a vacuum is extremely low, and given the moon's slow
>orbit, there is ample time for it to vaporize and be lost.
>A better question is, why isn't there more water on Mars?
>Conditions are better for it to accumulate there (has atmosphere and lower
>surface temps).
>
>Wal
>
Wally, did you misplace your Mars Owner's Manual?!
"Liquid water cannot exist for long on Mars because of the extremely low
temperatures and an atmospheric pressure that is less than 1% of Earth's.
The average surface temperature on Mars is less than -140 degrees
Fahrenheit. Under such conditions, surface water can only exist as ice or
vapor."
A solid which sublimates and diffuses into space.
:)
d-