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"... The denser dayside region of hydrogen is still rather sparse, with just 70 atoms per cubic centimeter at 60 000 kilometers above Earth’s surface, and about
by maskedinvader 8y ago
"... The denser dayside region of hydrogen is still rather sparse, with just 70 atoms per cubic centimeter at 60 000 kilometers above Earth’s surface, and about 0.2 atoms at the Moon’s distance..."
tldr: Well that's hardly anything, nothing to see here
- sohkamyung 8y agoNot quite true. It might affect astronomical observations from the moon: On the down side, the Earth’s geocorona could interfere with future astronomical observations performed in the vicinity of the Moon. “Space telescopes observing the sky in ultraviolet wavelengths to study the chemical composition of stars and galaxies would need to take this into account,” adds Jean-Loup.
- maskedinvader 8y agoimagine a gradiant of uv scattering atoms going from a density of 70 atoms to 0.2 attoms ... it should not be quite a interference, for the average astronomer out there, this is not an issue, simply dealing with the lower atmosphere is problematic enough. edit for missing not
- erbium 8y agoOne cc is pretty small.