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[Phys-l] Temperature vs Altitude



If a mercury thermometer is lifted from sea level to, say, 500 miles above the earth (well outside the atmosphere) always being kept in the shade (shielded from the sun), what will the graph of the reading given vs altitude look like? Also, what meaning may one attach to whatever reading is shown at the 500 mile altitude i.e. what would the reading tell one?

Is this the same question as:
What would the graph of temperature (no restriction on the instrument used) vs altitude from sea level to 500 miles in altitude? If not, how would this graph be different?

Thanks for any help on this. David Abineri


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