CAN A PLANET BE STRIPPED OF ITS ATMOSPHERE BY A NEAR MISS BY ANOTHER PLANET

Subject: CAN A PLANET BE STRIPPED OF ITS ATMOSPHERE BY A NEAR MISS BY ANOTHER PLANET

Date: Fri Sep 15 10:27:16 2000
Posted by Steve sawyer
Grade level: nonaligned School: home
City: berlin State/Province: MD Country: USA
Area of science: Astronomy
ID: 969028036.As

Message:


COULD A PLANET LIKE MARS HAVE LOST ITS ATMOSPHERE BY A NEAR MISS FROM A 
SMALL PLANET OR MOON COMING WITHIN SEVERAL THOUSAND MILES OR MORE OF THE 
PLANET WITHOUT COLLIDING.{ MY THOUGHT IS THAT MERCUREY MIGHT HAVE PASSED 
BY MARS CLOSE ENOUGH TO SUCK ITS ATMOSPHER AWAY BEFORE BEING TRAPPED IN AN 
ORBIT AROUND THE SUN.

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