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From: dtravel@sonic.net
On 4/27/2018 11:01 AM, Jibini Kula Tumbili Kujisalimisha wrote:
> Robert Woodward wrote in
> news:robertaw-76F4D5.09482327042018@news.individual.net:
>
>> In article ,
>> Jibini Kula Tumbili Kujisalimisha wrote:
>>
>>> Your Name wrote in
>>> news:pbugk7$4m8$1@gioia.aioe.org:
>>>
>>>> On 2018-04-27 05:32:22 +0000, Thomas Koenig said:
>>>>> Your Name schrieb:
>>>>>>
>>>>>> The real problem is that scientists are blinkered into the
>>>>>> belief that life of any sort /must/ have water, which is
>>>>>> moronically silly.
>>>>>
>>>>> Water has a range of qualities that make it suitable for
>>>>> complex molecules. There is a lot of it around, it has such
>>>>> low energy, it will be found in a reasonably pure state, it
>>>>> allows for condensation reactions with polar leaving groups,
>>>>> it has very strong hydrogen bonds, it dissolves salts...
>>>>
>>>> All true, on Earth. Many other planets and other life forms
>>>> are almost certainly completely different.
>>>
>>> I'm pretty sure the chemical properties of water will be the
>>> same no matter what planet you're on.
>>
>> The chemical properties of carbon compounds (and everything
>> else) will be the same as well. The physical properties (e.g.,
>> the state and density) could vary depending on air pressure and
>> temperature. I would suspect that a "heavy" Earth (i.e., solid
>> body 6-10 times Earth's mass) could have lakes of liquid carbon
>> dioxide.
>>
> Pressure and temperature may allow that. Why on earth you think the
> planet's mass would is beyond me.
>
I suspect that a larger, denser planet would have a higher surface
gravity which would help increase atmospheric density and therefore
pressure.
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