Comment on big bro jupiter
emergencyfood@sh.itjust.works 1 month agoBut all of its atmosphere leaked out into space
Wasn’t that because Mars isn’t heavy enough?
Comment on big bro jupiter
emergencyfood@sh.itjust.works 1 month agoBut all of its atmosphere leaked out into space
Wasn’t that because Mars isn’t heavy enough?
sparkle@lemm.ee 1 month ago
Well, its mass certainly contributed to it losing heat more efficiently. But Mercury (much smaller than Mars) and Ganymede (around the same size as Mars) both have a magnetic field, so there are a lot of other factors at play. Something to do with a change in the chemical composition of Mars’ mantle, I’m not so familiar with it though.