Exosphere, The Outermost Layer of Earth’s Atmosphere

KOMPAS.com – Earth’s atmosphere has a series of layers, each of which has its own characteristics.

Starting from the closest to the Earth’s surface, atmospheric layer composed of the troposphere, stratosphere, mesosphere, thermosphere, and exosphere.

Gradually, the exosphere, the outermost layer of the atmosphere, faded into the realm of interplanetary space.

Exosphere, the outermost layer of the atmosphere

The exosphere is the widest layer of the atmosphere as well as the atmospheric layer that has the greatest air pressure.

Although some experts consider the thermosphere to be the uppermost layer of Earth’s atmosphere, others consider the exosphere to be the “final boundary” of Earth’s gas envelope.

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Reporting from the University Corporation for Atmospheric Research (UCAR), the air in the exosphere is very thin, making this layer more like space than the thermosphere.

In fact, the air in the exosphere is constantly, albeit very gradually, “leaking” out of Earth’s atmosphere into space.

Reported from the Learning Resources of the Ministry of Education and Culture, the strength or attraction of the Earth on exosphere layer low because it is quite far from the surface.

The effect of gravity on the exosphere layer is also very small because in this layer a very violent interaction begins with the composition of gases in outer space.

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Exosphere layer It is the hottest layer of the atmosphere than the other layers of the atmosphere.

The exosphere is often referred to as interplanetary space and geostationary.

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