How thick is the Earth's atmosphere???
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The atmosphere reaches over 560 kilometers (348 miles) from the surface of the Earth
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G'day Dragon Warrior,\n\nThank you for your question.\n\nThe diameter of the earth in miles is 7,296 miles at the equator and 7,900 at the poles.\n\nI have attached sources for your reference.\n\nRegards
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0.38 that of earth's\n\nhttp://www.amnh.org/rose/mars/pl2.html
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Think of the Earth as a big blue marble. Got it? Ok. Now, think of a layer of bubble wrap around the marble. That would be the air we breathe, or the troposhpere. It is air, so it doesn't weigh much, but it does weigh something. Now think of another layer of bubble wrap on top of the first. That would be the stratosphere. Then another layer, which is the mesosphere, and then another layer, the thermosphere. Now you've got four layers of bubble wrap, on top of each other. Each one is PRESSing down on the ones beneath it, causing PRESSURE. Hope that helps.
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Aside from the obvious size difference (109 times in diameter) the sun is made up of Hydrogen and helium, while the Earth has much heavier elements, the surface of the sun is as hot as the core of the earth, and is very, very bright.\n\nEarth                   \n\nVolume___________1.08 X 10^12 Km^3       \nSurface Area_____5.1 X 10^8   Km^2       \nMass_____________5.97 X10^24  Kg         \nGravity__________9.8 m/s^2\nSurface Temp.____-88-58 degrees C       \nCore Temp._______6226.85 degrees C\nChemical makeup__98% nitrogen and Oxygen (atmos.)         \n\nSun\n\nVolume___________1.41 X 10^18 Km^3\nSurface Area_____6.09 X 10^12 Km^2\nMass_____________1.98 X 10^30 Kg\nGravity__________273.95 m/s^2\nSurface Temp.____5506 degrees C\nCore Temp._______4.99 X 10^6 C\nChemical Makeup__98% Hydrogen and Helium\n\nThe sun is 332,590 times more massive than Earth.
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1.27 X 1022 KG (0.0021 Earths)
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The earths atmosphere\n\n\nMy first thought was not formal. What I thought when I read your question is that nothing is between heaven and earth that "the heavens" come down and touch the earth.
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Oh I know,  I know, is it the ozone? neeee Oh I'm sorry the answer we were looking for was actually atmosphere. Sorry little johnny better luck next time on guess that ocean of air around the Earth.
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The percentage of the Earth's core that is solid is 4.7 %.  \n\nThe Earth's core is divided into the Inner core, which is solid, and extends for 1278 km, and the outer core, which is liquid, and extends for another 2210 km, or to a radius of 3488 km.  \n\nUsing the formula for Volume of a Sphere = (4/3) * Pi * Radius ^3 \nyou can calculate the volume of the Inner Core at 8.74 * 10^9.\nThe volume of ALL the core (Inner and Outer) is a total volume of 1.78*10^11.\n\nThe percentage of the Inner Core of the ALL the Core is \n8.74*10^9    /    1.74 * 10^11    =    4.7 %
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There are a few main parts to the earth. The earth is like a tootsie pop: a hard crunchy exterior, and it is soft inside. They are in roughly concentric spheres. The main layers of the earth are called the crust, the mantle and the core. \n\nThe outside shell of the earth is called the crust. The crust is about 5-60 kilometers thick and forms about 1% of the volume of the earth. We live on the crust. \n\nUnder the crust is a very large part of the earth called the mantle. The mantle is about 84% of the volume of the earth. The mantle is about 2800 kilometers thick.\n\nInside the mantle, is the soft middle of the earth, called the core. The core is roughly a round ball, and is about 15% of the volume of the earth, and has a radius of about 3400 Km. \n\nOf course, one can get much more detailed, but this is enough to give you a start, so you can understand what you read on the internet.
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Yes.  It is not strictly linear -- Venus has a far higher pressure than Earth does, even though its gravity is slightly less.  But generally it is true.  When you study Maxwell-Boltzmann statistics, you will learn why.  The chemical composition and temperature of the atmosphere are important factors.
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Even the difference between space where the space station is thicker than space between the Moon and Earth which is thicker than the space between Earth and Mars which is thicker than the space between stars in the milky way which is thicker than the space between Galaxies!!!!\n\nMostly the (very small amount ~10^(-18) ATM) gas is hydrogen
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Well, the diameter of the planet is 12,756.3 km.  That would make the radius approximately 6,378 km.  So the radius shoud be an approximation of the distance between the inner core and the surface.\n\nAh ha!  I just look it up and I was right! "Inner core (5000 km - 6370 km below the Earth's surface)."\n:o)
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When you say sky you must mean atmosphere. It divides into:\n\ntroposphere: The troposphere is the lowest layer of the atmosphere starting at the surface going up to between 7 km at the poles and 17 km at the equator with some variation due to weather factors.\n\nstratosphere: from that 7–17 km range to about 50 km, temperature increasing with height. \n\nmesosphere: from about 50 km to the range of 80 km to 85 km, temperature decreasing with height. \n\nthermosphere: from 80–85 km to 640+ km\n\nexosphere: from 640 to 900 km - space.\n\nSo you can say the sky is am least 640 and at most 900 high.
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The average mass of the atmosphere is about 5,000 trillion metric tons. According to the National Center for Atmospheric Research, "The total mean mass of the atmosphere is 5.1480 x 1018 kg with an annual range due to water vapor of 1.2 or 1.5 x 1015 kg depending on whether surface pressure or water vapor data are used; somewhat smaller than the previous estimate.
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"Diameter: \n Equatorial 12,756.274 km \n Polar 12,713.504 km \n Mean 12,745.594 km"\n\n"At the equator the diameter of the earth is 7927 miles; at the poles, it is very close to 7900 miles. 27 miles, a difference of 0.0034 is just enough to give mapmakers a headache."\n\n"the earth's diameter is 7,912 English miles"
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Do you mean layers of the atmosphere that must be passed through on the way to space?\n\nFrom the ground up:\ntroposphere\nstratosphere\nmesosphere\nionosphere