A Gas Eventually Will Escape from a Planet's Atmosphere If

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A gas eventually will escape from a planet's atmosphere if the average velocity of its atoms exceeds 1/6 times the escape velocity of the planet.If the average velocity of water vapor in Venus's atmosphere is 0.5 km/s, what would be the average velocity of a single hydrogen atom? If Venus's escape velocity is 11 km/s, will hydrogen atoms eventually escape?

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Definitions:

Antibiotics

Chemical substances produced by certain microorganisms or synthesized, used to kill or inhibit the growth of bacteria and treat bacterial infections.

Phagocytes

Cells responsible for defending the body by absorbing dangerous foreign materials, bacteria, and cells that are either dead or in the process of dying.

Monocytes

A type of white blood cell that plays a key role in the immune response, capable of differentiating into macrophages and dendritic cells.

Macrophages

A type of white blood cell part of the immune system, involved in the detection, phagocytosis, and destruction of bacteria and other harmful organisms.