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... atmosphere . Amateur astronomers were prepared to look for any new features large enough to be detected by small telescopes . Never before had so many eyes been trained on one planet in the same week . Because the comet fragments were ...
... atmosphere . Amateur astronomers were prepared to look for any new features large enough to be detected by small telescopes . Never before had so many eyes been trained on one planet in the same week . Because the comet fragments were ...
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... atmosphere have been hard at work . A surge in radio emissions during the impacts and a brightening of the auroras at the poles are being studied . Computer modeling of the impact dynamics continues . Winds in Jupi- ter's atmosphere are ...
... atmosphere have been hard at work . A surge in radio emissions during the impacts and a brightening of the auroras at the poles are being studied . Computer modeling of the impact dynamics continues . Winds in Jupi- ter's atmosphere are ...
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... atmosphere , water , and rock layers . Natural processes create methane in three different ways . Biogenic gas is expelled from microorganisms during the digestion of organic compounds ; thermogenic gas results from the decomposition of ...
... atmosphere , water , and rock layers . Natural processes create methane in three different ways . Biogenic gas is expelled from microorganisms during the digestion of organic compounds ; thermogenic gas results from the decomposition of ...
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... atmospheric oxygen to form carbon dioxide ( CO2 ) , which is released to the atmosphere , while the hydrogen atoms combine with oxy- gen to form water vapor . Because of its lower carbon content , methane combustion pro- duces roughly ...
... atmospheric oxygen to form carbon dioxide ( CO2 ) , which is released to the atmosphere , while the hydrogen atoms combine with oxy- gen to form water vapor . Because of its lower carbon content , methane combustion pro- duces roughly ...
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... atmosphere . Because the residence time of CO2 in the atmosphere is estimated to be several hun- dred years , reducing the CO2 overload will be a very slow process . Methane is also a greenhouse gas , roughly 25 times more potent than ...
... atmosphere . Because the residence time of CO2 in the atmosphere is estimated to be several hun- dred years , reducing the CO2 overload will be a very slow process . Methane is also a greenhouse gas , roughly 25 times more potent than ...
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