Can a hydrogen or atomic oxygen particle escape into space from the exoospheric layer and remain intact?

This from wikipedia: The exosphere is the uppermost layer of the atmosphere. In the exosphere, an upward travelling molecule can escape to space (if it is moving fast enough) or be pulled back to Earth by gravity (if it isn’t) with little probability of colliding with another molecule. The main gases within the exosphere are the lightest gases, mainly hydrogen, with some helium, carbon dioxide, and atomic oxygen near the exobase.

The exosphere is the last layer before space. Even though there is no clear boundary with space and the exosphere, the exosphere is sometimes used synonymously with outer space. And: n physics, a free particle is a particle that, in some sense, is not bound.

In classical physics, this means the particle is present in a "field-free" space. Asked by wolfie78 36 months ago Similar questions: hydrogen atomic oxygen particle escape space exoospheric layer remain intact Science.

Similar questions: hydrogen atomic oxygen particle escape space exoospheric layer remain intact.

Yes indeed yes indeed. The particles up there are not intrinsically energetic enough to escape. But the passing solar wind has some very energetic particles that can help knock atmospheric molecules loose..

Yes, this is what is thought happened on Mars by some scientists. I am not sure what you mean by "intact". Oxygen atoms can naturally decay into smaller nuclei, but a hydrogen nucleus is usually just a proton, which doesn't break down (unless you start talking about quarks).

There is no real division between the atmosphere and space. The farther you get from the surface of the Earth, the thinner the atmosphere gets, until it cannot be detected any more. Here, the atmosphere receives higher amounts of radiation which can split molecules, and atomic hydrogen and oxygen can be found.

Additional energy or interaction with other atoms can generate enough energy for an atom to escape Earth's gravity. The Martian atmosphere is so thin, it is thought that its weak magnetic field allowed solar radiation to slowly brush away its atmosphere over billions of years. I hope this helps..

Escapin from earth iffin you bes a particle Here's how I unnerstand it but be adviesid, uh advized, uh, told thet I ain;t no phyzicis, uh fycicist, uh phiezist, uh, smart feller. Iffin a leetile partikel whot has almost no weight, like one o them hi-dro-jin atoms, gets kicked around enough in our at-mos-fear by a bouncin offen another particle wif more mass, then iffin that little tike is headed in the right die-racksion, well thet little thang can excape into tha space and all like thet. I i-magf-in thet hit don happen all thet off-en, maybe a billion times a minute or so.

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1 I'm sure it happens. But solar radiation probably breaks down the molecules eventually anyway - they probably don't travel far...not to mention that the 3 Kelvin background temperature of space would tend to slow down all molecular activity to virtually nil.

I'm sure it happens. But solar radiation probably breaks down the molecules eventually anyway - they probably don't travel far...not to mention that the 3 Kelvin background temperature of space would tend to slow down all molecular activity to virtually nil.

2 The earth's magnetic field protects us from dangerous radiation and may let the particles be ok.

The earth's magnetic field protects us from dangerous radiation and may let the particles be ok.

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