Height of the Atmosphere
Most recent answer: 10/22/2007
Q:
im tryin to write a book and i have some physics q?s
how many feet from sea level to the top of Earth’s atmosphere?
- Crush Revczar (age 19)
FireStar Inc., ILL USA
- Crush Revczar (age 19)
FireStar Inc., ILL USA
A:
Hi Crush- I’m curious what the book will be about. Meanwhile:
The Earth’s atmosphere has no definite top. The air just keeps getting thinner as you go up. For each mile up you go, the density falls to about 80% of what it was before. (That’s why curveballs don’t curve as much in Denver as they do in cities at lower altitudes.)
Mike W.
The Earth’s atmosphere has no definite top. The air just keeps getting thinner as you go up. For each mile up you go, the density falls to about 80% of what it was before. (That’s why curveballs don’t curve as much in Denver as they do in cities at lower altitudes.)
Mike W.
(published on 10/22/2007)