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Originally Posted by freddo
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..could this have kept the planet warm, with a denser atmosphere?
Plate tectonics could have recycled volatile components like CO2 and H2O into the atmosphere.
I haven't seen this topic discussed very much.
(in case anyone was wondering, I don't have any photoshop pix to share)
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I guess you're kind of asking what would Mars be like if it was a different planet. <...>
Certainly, it would have helped. Mars obviously has had too few processes that conserve heat. But it may have still been prolonging the inevitable. Mars to me seems too much of a lightweight to truly hang on to any promise... |
I suppose I am asking what Mars would be like if..., but this is out of my field of expertise.
Where better to ask this question than here?