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Mymarathon t1_isi5i3l wrote

Metal mercury has a boiling point of only 640 degrees F (at 1 atm), I wonder if it's found in the atmosphere of some planets?

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VivendusMoriendumEst t1_isi9t7k wrote

While I'm no physicist, it's interesting that it's at such high altitudes, given the effects of heat and pressure we usually imagine given our prejudice towards earth or at most our solar system

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WahooSS238 t1_islq8nl wrote

From what I understand, the spectrometers only see well into the upper atmosphere, the lower atmosphere has too much noise to provide useful data.

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