Mercury's atmosphere

GPTKB entity

Statements (24)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf atmosphere
gptkbp:atmosphere exposed to solar wind
gptkbp:characteristics highly variable composition
gptkbp:climate extreme temperature variations
gptkbp:composedOf hydrogen
oxygen
helium
potassium
sodium
gptkbp:criticalReception about 10^-14 atm
gptkbp:distribution very thin
gptkbp:formed outgassing from the planet's interior
gptkbp:has significant weather patterns
gptkbp:has_a traces of carbon dioxide
traces of nitrogen
traces of water vapor
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Mercury's atmosphere
gptkbp:influence solar radiation
gptkbp:maximum_speed low escape velocity contributes to thinness
gptkbp:research_focus studied for understanding planetary atmospheres
gptkbp:storage very little retained due to solar wind
gptkbp:surface causes surface temperature extremes
gptkbp:visitedBy gptkb:MESSENGER_spacecraft
Mariner_10_spacecraft