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A remote planet of radius R has gravitation potential
P(r) = -A/r. Its atmosphere has density d at sea level
and uniform temperature T.

What is total mass of the atmosphere?

2007-03-15 09:31:44 · 2 answers · asked by Alexander 6 in Science & Mathematics Physics

Oh, I forgot.
The atmosphere is pure hydrogen, molar mass mu.

2007-03-15 09:38:57 · update #1

2 answers

Total mass of atmosphere

= pressure at sea level x surface area of the planet.

(What is the use of this) ?

2007-03-15 12:50:12 · answer #1 · answered by Norrie 7 · 0 0

You can calculate this by doing a little math. The total mass is ~5x10E18 kilograms

2007-03-15 10:30:52 · answer #2 · answered by jim m 5 · 0 0

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