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toddmiller

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10. So what about the atmosphere?

Reply to Posteritatis (Reply #8)

Thu Nov 15, 2012, 04:15 PM

Nov 2012

Gravity wouldn't just effect how well you can walk. It would also influence the density of the atmosphere. Of course, lots of other things could influence the nature of the atmosphere. A lot of variables operating here.

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