FE atmosphere

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For example, say there is a finite height of said bucket.   Outside of the bucket is a vacuum, and the bucket has a constant upwards acceleration.  The bucket is filled with orange:



A pressure gradient has no distinct zero point as one increases altitude; it is a mathematical asymptote.  Thus, no matter how tall the finite bucket there always is a small amount of pressure exposed over the top edges of the bucket, as is indicated in red, below.  



After an appreciably large amount of time, there will be very little pressure at the bottom of the bucket.  

The Ice Walls would effectively have to be infinitely high to keep the atmosphere from escaping.  Granted, the rate of escaping molecules would decay exponentially, but that would be a direct result of the atmospheric pressure decaying proportionally as well.  

But perhaps we just haven't noticed a change in pressure yet.

I get what youre saying, but I think were talking about a slightly different atmospheric model.

In my original post, I assumed people would argue that the same force that causes the earth to accelerate, would also cause the atmosphere to do likewise. So in a sense, there is no inertia felt by the atmosphere, and no force exerted on it by the earth. When this is the case, there is nothing to stop the entire atmosphere diffusing out into space.

If on the other hand we assume that the atmosphere is being "pushed along" by the earth, then yes, I agree we would need infinitely high walls to contain it.

If on the other hand we assume that the atmosphere is being "pushed along" by the earth, then yes, I agree we would need infinitely high walls to contain it.

Or a dome ...  :roll:

For you, BOG...

Would that be a glass dome that lets us see the celestial bodies through it, or a dome that contains the celestial bodies?

This just gets more and more ridiculous  :twisted:

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If on the other hand we assume that the atmosphere is being "pushed along" by the earth, then yes, I agree we would need infinitely high walls to contain it.

Or a dome ...  :roll:

Not that I ever thought this forum would have any consistency but I at least thought that role would be played exclusively by the FE'ers.  

Obviousness aside, please; I've been mislead by the knee-jerk responses of the DA's so often that I really have no idea of what the FE model consists.  

Misinformation abounds; fist of death clenching tighter.