4 ms·
That is not correct either. Earth's crust: 2.77 * 10^22 kg http://adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2007AGUFM.V33A1161P http://adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2007AGUFM.V33A1161P
by philipkglass 8y ago
That is not correct either.
Earth's crust: 2.77 * 10^22 kg
http://adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2007AGUFM.V33A1161P http://adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2007AGUFM.V33A1161P
Earth's atmosphere: 5.15 * 10^18 kg
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Atmosphere_of_Earth#Density_and_mass https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Atmosphere_of_Earth#Density_an...
The crust is about five thousand times more massive.
- mchannon 8y agoThe factor of 1000 difference is what you get when you accidentally forget to convert between kg and tonnes. 5000 it is.