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This 2001 article basically says exactly what you're looking for. Where the magnetic field on Mars is stronger, there's a local ionosphere. Without a planetary

• Udo 15y ago
  Yes, but I was looking for someone who maybe did a model on the quantitative effects of low gravity vs. low magnetosphere. There is no doubt that this effect exists (even my "opponent" conceded that), but I believe it's the dominant effect whereas some physicists apparently don't think so. More specifically, all the material I can find seems to regard the lack of a magnetosphere as the dominant effect as well. Only this certain physicist suggested to me all this was a mere layman's explanation and that real astrophysicists "know" it's all about gravity instead. That kind of set off my bullshit alarm...
  • boredguy8 15y ago
    This article addresses that objection: even with the light mass, there's an ionosphere where there's protection from the magnetic field. If mass were the sole or primary contributor, then we'd see correlation with mass concentration rather than correlation with magnetic field.