Pluto Has an Atmosphere That Comes and Goes Over an Orbital

question 46

Multiple Choice

Pluto has an atmosphere that comes and goes over an orbital period, because

• A) the atmosphere escapes into space because of the low escape velocity from Pluto.
• B) the atmosphere is pulled away from the planet by interaction with its moon Charon.
• C) the atmosphere "freezes out" when Pluto is at its farthest from the Sun.
• D) chemical reactions between Pluto's atmosphere and gas expelled by its many volcanoes generate carbon dioxide, which is too heavy to stay aloft in the atmosphere.
• E) it is replenished by comet impacts at the far point of its orbit, and dissipates at the near point due to heat from the Sun.

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