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Could a planet have liquid water without an atmosphere?
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[QUOTE="Ygggdrasil, post: 5445261, member: 124113"] Here is a brief explanation of how the Earth's atmosphere formed: [URL]http://forces.si.edu/atmosphere/02_02_01.html[/URL] Water was [URL='http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2014/10/141030-starstruck-earth-water-origin-vesta-science/']thought to be present[/URL] in the material that formed the planet, was spewed into the atmosphere by volcanic activity, and condensed into oceans after the planet cooled. Early Earth's atmosphere did not have any oxygen, and oxygen appeared in the atmosphere only after life had appeared and evolved the ability to perform photosynthesis ([URL]http://www.scientificamerican.com/article/origin-of-oxygen-in-atmosphere/[/URL]). [/QUOTE]
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