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<div class="definition"><div class="short_definition">(Also called spray region.) The upper portion of the [[exosphere]], where the [[cone of escape]] equals or exceeds 180°.</div><br/> <div class="paragraph">In this region the individual atoms have so little chance of collision that they essentially travel in free orbits, subject to the earth's [[gravitation]], at speeds imparted by the last collision. <br/>''See'' [[critical level of escape]].</div><br/> </div> | <div class="definition"><div class="short_definition">(Also called spray region.) The upper portion of the [[exosphere]], where the [[cone of escape|cone of escape]] equals or exceeds 180°.</div><br/> <div class="paragraph">In this region the individual atoms have so little chance of collision that they essentially travel in free orbits, subject to the earth's [[gravitation]], at speeds imparted by the last collision. <br/>''See'' [[critical level of escape|critical level of escape]].</div><br/> </div> | ||
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Latest revision as of 16:01, 25 April 2012
fringe region
(Also called spray region.) The upper portion of the exosphere, where the cone of escape equals or exceeds 180°.
In this region the individual atoms have so little chance of collision that they essentially travel in free orbits, subject to the earth's gravitation, at speeds imparted by the last collision.
See critical level of escape.
See critical level of escape.
