As we’ve discussed in class, Jupiter’s moon Io sometimes has…
As we’ve discussed in class, Jupiter’s moon Io sometimes has a sulfur dioxide atmosphere. When Io passes into Jupiter’s shadow, the sulfur dioxide condenses onto Io’s surface into ice crystals. When it emerges out of the shadow and back into the sunlight, the ice crystals sublimate back into gas. Using this information, rank the following four distances from closest to the Sun, to furthest from the Sun. Match each distance with its position using the ranking below: Closest to the Sun — Position 1 — Position 2 — Position 3 — Position 4 — Furthest from the Sun
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Imagine two hypothetical Earth-sized terrestrial planets, Planet A and Planet B, that both possessed an outgassed atmosphere 1 billion years after the birth of the Solar System (recall that the Solar System today is 4.5 billion years old). Given their identical radii, their amounts of vulcanism were the same. Planet A has kept its atmosphere to the present day, while Planet B has lost it, due to the atmospheric gas escaping to space. Which of the following statements could explain the discrepancy? [circle all that apply]
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