Volume would mean get the temperature of every m3 of earth and average them out, mass would mean the same, except before averaging you would weight(ahem) them, so a cube of air counts less than a cube of lava.
Counting by volume would get tricky with the atmosphere. Where do you draw the line of where the atmosphere ends? Even thousands of miles from Earth there is very thin atmosphere.
Geth@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 years ago
Genuine question, how would mass vs volume change the answer?
Aqarius@lemmy.world 2 years ago
Volume would mean get the temperature of every m3 of earth and average them out, mass would mean the same, except before averaging you would weight(ahem) them, so a cube of air counts less than a cube of lava.
Eylrid@lemmy.world 2 years ago
Counting by volume would get tricky with the atmosphere. Where do you draw the line of where the atmosphere ends? Even thousands of miles from Earth there is very thin atmosphere.
Aqarius@lemmy.world 2 years ago
Karman line?
Filibuster_Rhymes@lemm.ee 2 years ago
The core is small by volume but very dense (massive) and very hot. An average temperature by mass would be much higher than an average by volume.