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Wednesday, February 11, 2009

Thermosphere/Thermopause

Thermopause

-It is the boundary above the thermosphere, it is around 500-1,000 km high above ground level

Thermosphere

-From 80-85 to over 640 Km. Since temperatures increase with height the temperature reaches up to 1.500˚C but a human would not feel warm due to the extremely low pressures. ( The International Space Station orbits in the Thermopause)

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