โฒ 56 โผ If i were a bird, how high could I go? (lemmy.blahaj.zone) submitted 2 months ago by sem@lemmy.blahaj.zone to c/nostupidquestions@lemmy.world 36 comments fedilink hide all child comments ๐ฆ
[โ] roomy@lemmy.world 2 points 2 months ago (2 children) Why does the temperature increase at 40,000m? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [โ] sem@lemmy.blahaj.zone [S] 2 points 2 months ago Temperature is a measure of the average kinetic energy of particles of a thing. In the vacuum of space, there are very few particles, and they are mostly moving very very fast, which gives them high energy and high temperature. I forget what happens at 40,000 m that causes the shift from cold atmosphere to "this is space" but that's how the temperature is increasing -- as you climb there are fewer and fewer particles, moving faster and faster. permalink fedilink source parent [โ] gole@lemmy.zip 1 point 2 months ago Good question. I don't know the answer but it started to get warmer from the stratosphere at 16km permalink fedilink source parent
[โ] sem@lemmy.blahaj.zone [S] 2 points 2 months ago Temperature is a measure of the average kinetic energy of particles of a thing. In the vacuum of space, there are very few particles, and they are mostly moving very very fast, which gives them high energy and high temperature. I forget what happens at 40,000 m that causes the shift from cold atmosphere to "this is space" but that's how the temperature is increasing -- as you climb there are fewer and fewer particles, moving faster and faster. permalink fedilink source parent
[โ] gole@lemmy.zip 1 point 2 months ago Good question. I don't know the answer but it started to get warmer from the stratosphere at 16km permalink fedilink source parent