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... Solar ultraviolet radiation is responsi- ble for the breakdown of methane and subsequent reac- tions of its fragments into acetylene and ethane . In the convective region of the atmosphere , lightning discharges contribute to these ...
... Solar ultraviolet radiation is responsi- ble for the breakdown of methane and subsequent reac- tions of its fragments into acetylene and ethane . In the convective region of the atmosphere , lightning discharges contribute to these ...
Page 352
... solar system itself and seems to result from the same cause ( see below Theories of origin ) . The implication is that Io and Europa have a rocky composition similar to that of our Moon , whereas approximately 60 percent of Ganymede and ...
... solar system itself and seems to result from the same cause ( see below Theories of origin ) . The implication is that Io and Europa have a rocky composition similar to that of our Moon , whereas approximately 60 percent of Ganymede and ...
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... solar system in 1787 with the announcement that lunar acceleration depends on the eccentricity of the Earth's orbit . Although the mean motion ( average angular velocity ) of the Moon around the Earth depends mainly on the gravitational ...
... solar system in 1787 with the announcement that lunar acceleration depends on the eccentricity of the Earth's orbit . Although the mean motion ( average angular velocity ) of the Moon around the Earth depends mainly on the gravitational ...
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