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Comment by soco

6 months ago

But boiling off would have still kept that water in the atmosphere right?

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HPsquared  6 months ago

Not if it's hot enough that the water molecules reach escape velocity in the exosphere! (As happens with helium today, helium atoms being lighter move faster at a given temperature than water molecules)

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