In atmospheric science, hydrodynamic escape refers to a thermal atmospheric escape mechanism that can lead to the escape of heavier atoms of a planetary...

molecular level (Jeans escape) to bulk atmospheric outflow (hydrodynamic escape). One classical thermal escape mechanism is Jeans escape, named after British...

young Sun, together could have driven a hydrodynamic outflow and dragged away these heavy gases. Hydrodynamic escape also contributed to the loss of carbon...

species. The water vapour reaches the stratosphere and escapes into space via hydrodynamic escape, resulting in a desiccated planet. This likely happened...

the estimated old age of the planetary system and the calculated hydrodynamic escape (loss of gasses that tends to deplete an atmosphere of higher molecular-weight...

closer to their star will lose atmospheric mass more quickly via hydrodynamic escape than larger planets and planets farther out. A gas dwarf could be...

hydrogen and helium atmosphere and outer layers, which is called hydrodynamic escape. Such atmospheric stripping is a likely result of proximity to a...

closer to their star will lose atmospheric mass more quickly via hydrodynamic escape than larger planets and planets farther out. A low-mass gas planet...

result in the loss of a significant portion of its atmosphere by hydrodynamic escape and become a desert planet. If a planet's rotation is too slow, such...

(PDF) on 2009-08-04. Retrieved 2009-05-05. E. Chassefiere (1996). "Hydrodynamic escape of hydrogen from a hot water-rich atmosphere: The case of Venus"...