ASTR 207 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Lithosphere, Atmospheric Pressure, Convection Cell
15 Nov 2015
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The process by which a molecule splits into its component atoms. Atoms with a positive or negative electrical charge. The process of stripping an electron from an atom. The force (per unit area) pushing on an object. Collisions of individual atoms or molecules in an atmosphere. pushes in all directions. The boundary in the solar nebula beyond which ices could condense; only metals and rocks could condense within the frost line. The process by which small objects gather together to make larger objects. A rock from space that lands on earth. A bowl-shaped depression left by the impact of an object that strikes a planetary surface (as opposed to burning up in the atmosphere) The excavation of bowl-shaped depressions (impact craters) by asteroids or comets striking a planet"s surface. Creation of bowl-shaped impact craters by asteroids or comets striking a planet"s surface.
