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A Primitive solar Atmosphere around The young Earth?

€2.78M EUR

Funder European Commission
Recipient Organization Universite D'Orleans
Country France
Start Date Sep 01, 2023
End Date Aug 31, 2028
Duration 1,826 days
Number of Grantees 1
Roles Coordinator
Data Source European Commission
Grant ID 101096688
Grant Description

The existence of an atmosphere enriched in H and He around the Earth as it formed has often been proposed.

One hypothesis suggests that it could have been captured from the gas present in the proto-planetary disk, before its evaporation.

Subsequently, a secondary atmosphere would have been degassed or brought in by a late veneer of chondritic/cometary material.

Although this model is regularly evoked using giant planets for comparison, there is no geological proof for its existence, except possibly for the neon in the Earth's mantle. While the model has a flaw (mainly relating to chronology, as the gas from the disk is lost in

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