Comment on What is the average temperature of earth?
throwafoxtrot@lemmynsfw.com 10 months agoWhen you say “all molecules that comprise earth,” are you including every molecule in the atmosphere out to the Karman line?
For what it’s worth this won’t change the result in any meaningful way. Both in terms of atom count and atom mass the atmosphere makes up only a tiny fraction of the earth’s material.
protist@mander.xyz 10 months ago
If you’re taking an average by unit of volume, it absolutely matters
throwafoxtrot@lemmynsfw.com 10 months ago
By about 4.8 percent.