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Mars Atmospheric Loss - Sputtering - HD

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Mars Atmospheric Loss - Sputtering - HD

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Michael500ca

23 Views • Nov 10, 2013

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How did Mars, a once wet planet, lose its early atmosphere? One possibility is through a process called "sputtering," in which atoms are knocked away from the atmosphere due to impacts with energetic particles.

Credit: NASA/GSFC