Sentences with phrase «substantial atmosphere»

Unlike Earth, Mars has no substantial atmosphere or global magnetic field, and so is completely unprotected against the flood of energetic radiation particles from outer space.

And, as an added bonus, the planet appears relatively broad for its mass, indicating the presence of a substantial atmosphere.

Titan is the only moon in the solar system with a substantial atmosphere and the only place besides Earth with a weather cycle we can study.

They snake across the equatorial deserts of Titan, Saturn's largest moon — the only moon in our solar system with a substantial atmosphere.

«The planet has to be the right distance from the star so it's not too hot, not too cold... and then it has to have surface gravity so that it can hold on to a substantial atmosphere and allow the water to pool.»

The ability of a large moon such as Titan to subsequently retain a substantial atmosphere for billions of years depends on a delicate balance between surface gravity, atmospheric molecular mass, and solar heating.

Solar wind also affects the surfaces of Mercury, Moon, and asteroids in the form of space weathering [13] Because they do not have any substantial atmosphere, solar wind ions hit their surface materials and either alter the atomic structure of the materials or form a thin coating containing submicroscopic (or nanophase) metallic iron particles.