Astronautics Vocabulary : mésosphère
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Definition of mesosphere
- Translation:
- mésosphère
- Definition:
- A region of the Earth’s atmosphere above the stratosphere, between the heights of about 50 and 80 km (30 and 50 miles), in which the temperature decreases with height to –90 °C at its upper boundary, the mesopause.
- Other Definition:
- None
- Synonym:
- None