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Im wondering what the night sky would look like if you stood on the surface of the Earth as it was forming?
Here is my best guess, I would like to know if I am on the right track
1. After it cooled down, it had no atmosphere so it would be like the surface of the moon so the stars wouldn't twinkle.
2 outgassing from volcanoes gradually started to make an atmosphere but then things start to get complicated . it seems there isn't agreement on how think the atmosphere was initially , see article below:
https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/early-earth-s-atmosphere-was-surprisingly-thin/
Im wondering if you could still see the stars at night even with the thicker atmosphere model or not?
Here is my best guess, I would like to know if I am on the right track
1. After it cooled down, it had no atmosphere so it would be like the surface of the moon so the stars wouldn't twinkle.
2 outgassing from volcanoes gradually started to make an atmosphere but then things start to get complicated . it seems there isn't agreement on how think the atmosphere was initially , see article below:
https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/early-earth-s-atmosphere-was-surprisingly-thin/
Im wondering if you could still see the stars at night even with the thicker atmosphere model or not?