Inquiry into Physics
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Chapter 5, Problem 2AS
The dwarf planet Pluto has an average surface temperature of 44 K and an escape speed (divided by six) of 0.2 km/s. Based on Figure 5.5, which gases, if any, would this body be likely to have retained as an atmospheric constituent over the past 3 billion years?
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