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Old 08-November-2007, 07:45 AM
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Ah... yes... but the atmosphere is >90% nitrogen apparently. Which manages to stick around as a gas at Earth temperatures. Perhaps the question isn't "why is it there" but "where did it come from" because if Callisto had acquired a similar atmosphere I can't see what would stop it staying there.
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