Alternate Definitions for Thermosphere

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Term: Thermosphere
Definition:

The layer of the atmosphere that extends fromthe Mesosphere to 640+ km, temperature increasing with height.

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Term: Thermosphere
Definition:

The region of the upper atmosphere in which temperature increases continuously with height, starting at roughly 100 km. The thermosphere includes the exosphere and most of the ionosphere.

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Term: Thermosphere
Definition:

An upper part of Earth's Atmosphere that includes the Ionosphere and extends from an altitude of 85 km (above the mesopause), where the temperature is about -33 °C, to the lower level of the Exosphere at 500 km, where the temperature is about 1,500 °C

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