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A planet’s atmosphere is a key part of its make up, but sometimes we can overlook it or take it for granted, especially on the Earth. If we were to look at the four terrestrial planets Mercury, Venus, Earth, and Mars, we would see a vast difference in the atmosphere of each.
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Arnold, S. (2014). Atmosphere, Magnetic Fields and Magnetospheres. In: Getting Started in Radio Astronomy. The Patrick Moore Practical Astronomy Series. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4614-8157-7_3
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