Jeans escapes

A form of Jeans escape — A type of atmospheric escape in which a light gas atom or molecule (typically a helium atom or hydrogen molecule) gains sufficient momentum through collision with other molecules to escape the atmosphere (and gravitational pull) of a planet.

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Meanings

noun
  1. pluralplural of Jeans escape
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