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by heavyset_go
1716 days ago
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The death of Mars' magnetosphere allowed solar wind plasma to strip away its atmosphere in the past[1]. Mars once had a much denser atmosphere when its dynamo was active, and the stripping of its atmosphere happened when the dynamo died. [1] http://redplanet.asu.edu/?p=2035 |
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