Why would you feel cold in the thermosphere?

Answer 1

The thermosphere is an upper layer of the atmosphere where the heavier molecules (notably oxygen) are dense enough to absorb a significant part of the high-intensity radiation from the Sun. But this part of the atmosphere is still so thin than an object placed there would encounter very few of the high-energy (high temperature) molecules. Despite the air molecules present, the thermosphere is essentially a vacuum.

The International Space Station orbits within the thermosphere, at an altitude of 280 to 460 kilometers (175 to 285 miles). The range of the thermosphere is from about 100 to 600 kilometers (60 to 360 miles) above the Earth's surface.

Answer 2

You would not feel cold in the thermosphere because temperature is a measure of the average kinetic energy of particles in a substance. The thermosphere is a layer of Earth's atmosphere located between the mesosphere and exosphere, where the density of air molecules is extremely low. While the thermosphere can reach temperatures of over 2,500 degrees Celsius due to absorption of high-energy solar radiation, the lack of air molecules means there is very little heat transfer to your body, so you would not feel cold.

Answer 3

The thermosphere is an upper layer of the atmosphere where the heavier molecules (notably oxygen) are dense enough to absorb a significant part of the high-intensity radiation from the Sun. But this part of the atmosphere is still so thin than an object placed there would encounter very few of the high-energy (high temperature) molecules. Despite the air molecules present, the thermosphere is essentially a vacuum.

The International Space Station orbits within the thermosphere, at an altitude of 280 to 460 kilometers (175 to 285 miles). The range of the thermosphere is from about 100 to 600 kilometers (60 to 360 miles) above the Earth's surface.

Answer 4

The Thermosphere feels very cold to us because of its low Thermal Energy. There are very few particles in the Thermosphere, so even if they were very, very hot, it would feel cold.

Answer 5

The temperature referred to as 1800, is the motion energyof the particles there.

If you held a thermometer up, it would NOT register that 1800 temperature.

At 1800 oC a human would be vaporised.

Answer 6

Temperature is a measure of the kinetic energy of molecules. There are so few molecules so high in the atmosphere (which is really transitioning into the vacuum of space) that a temperature is barely able to be registered. Temperature at these altitudes tends to become a meaningless metric.

Answer 7

You would not feel cold in the thermosphere because there are very few particles to transfer heat to your body. The thermosphere is very hot because it absorbs high-energy solar radiation, but the lack of particles means that it cannot conduct this heat to you.

Answer 8

because the gases in the thermosphere absorb high-energy solar radiation