Physicists, if you were to release some air into outer space, what would happen?

Question

Would it orbit the earth like a satelite or would it drift further into space? What would happen? thanks ; )

Answer 1

It would disperse and more than likely fall into the orbit of some greater gravitational field which would eventually deteriorate and fall back onto the body. In short, a lot would happen. For your information space is not a total vacuum although it is the best we could even dream of. A vacuum is defined at empty space, unfortunately space isn't even empty, for every square foot of space there is usually at least 1 hydrogen atom (this is widely in general).

Answer 2

Air will randomly disperse away from you like how a drop of colored dye disperses in clear water, but it will also orbit earth like a satellite since everything feels the effects of gravity.

Answer 3

it relies upon on how sturdy the glass is. see you later as its air tight, it may both explode, or waft alongside truly thankfully. that's because of the vast drop in stress (area is a exceedingly sturdy vacuum). My guess is the jar may explode right into a lot of little products. (and each of the products may bypass on perpetually in each route until eventually they hit some thing or had a stress act on them, how cool is that !)

Answer 4

It would probably dissapate in the vaccum of space or it would freeze any water molecules inside, then dissapate.

Answer 5

With the pressure being so low, I think it would sublimate into mostly hydrogen and helium.

Answer 6

It would expand,all the molecules would just keep on spreading apart.