To: William Terrell; Tooters
>>>What causes free hydrogen and free oxygen to combine to make water in the first place?
Heat. In the case of the our emerging solar system, heat from the coalescing solar nebula. Something (radiation pressure from the young Sun?) shoved water and dust far away, out into the realm of the Oort Cloud where comets are believed to abound. Occasionally something disturbs the cloud (nearby passage of another star, some theorize) and sends comets towards the inner solar system.
32 posted on
03/07/2004 8:33:55 AM PST by
ngc6656
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To: ngc6656
Thanks for the quick response, ngc6656.
Do you have time for one more question?
I heard there was a movie called "Mars Needs Women".
Is that true?
Does Mars need women?
If so, why?
33 posted on
03/07/2004 8:41:38 AM PST by
MaryFromMichigan
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To: ngc6656
Heat combines free hydrogen and free oxygen, and electricity separates them? Has anybody combined the two elements into water using artificial heat?
38 posted on
03/07/2004 9:32:57 AM PST by
William Terrell
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