Sentence examples for a very thin atmosphere from inspiring English sources

Therefore, a small planet quickly evolves to have a very thin atmosphere or no atmosphere at all.

"Appreciation" was not his mode, and in many of these brief essays he gives the impression of an astronaut: a very fat suit in a very thin atmosphere.

Reusable rocket engines of the sort SpaceX hopes will land safely on Tuesday could play an important part in any round-trip to Mars, and since the planet has only a very thin atmosphere – and no runways or oceans to speak of – a large spacecraft would require thrusters simply to land safely in the first place.

It has a very thin atmosphere, which explains the sharp temperature differences.

Mars, on the other hand, has a very thin atmosphere, no water bodies, and a barren landscape.

Due to a very thin atmosphere, the Martian storms do not have the power to do the damage done in the movie.

O'Malley-James and Kaltenegger modeled various atmospheric compositions, from ones similar to present-day Earth to "eroded" and "anoxic" atmospheres – those with very thin atmospheres that don't block UV radiation well and those without the protection of ozone, respectively.

Moon has a very tenuous atmosphere.

There is both water ice and carbon dioxide ice on the surface of Titania, which may indicate a very thin, tenuous carbon dioxide atmosphere.

The earth is a giant rock, hurtling through inhospitable space surrounded by a very thin film of life sustaining atmosphere.

Halos are caused by the light of the sun or moon passing through a very thin layer of cirruform (ice-crystal) clouds in the upper atmosphere.