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OpenStudy (anonymous):

8. explain why the outer planet did not lose the lighter gases in their atmospheres (2points )

OpenStudy (isaiah.feynman):

One reason could be that they possess strong magnetic fields (stronger than Earth's). So the particles of the solar wind cannot interfere with the atmosphere because the magnetic field deflects them away.

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