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<div class="definition"><div class="short_definition">The top of the [[mesosphere]] and the base of the [[thermosphere]].</div><br/> <div class="paragraph">The mesopause is usually located at heights of 85–95 km, and is the site of the coldest temperatures in the [[atmosphere]]. Temperatures as low as 100 K ( | <div class="definition"><div class="short_definition">The top of the [[mesosphere]] and the base of the [[thermosphere]].</div><br/> <div class="paragraph">The mesopause is usually located at heights of 85–95 km, and is the site of the coldest temperatures in the [[atmosphere]]. Temperatures as low as 100 K (- 173°C) have been measured at the mesopause by [[rockets]]. <br/>''See'' [[atmospheric shell]].</div><br/> </div> | ||
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Latest revision as of 14:40, 20 February 2012
mesopause
The top of the mesosphere and the base of the thermosphere.
The mesopause is usually located at heights of 85–95 km, and is the site of the coldest temperatures in the atmosphere. Temperatures as low as 100 K (- 173°C) have been measured at the mesopause by rockets.
See atmospheric shell.
See atmospheric shell.
