02. How big, long, and wide is atmosphere? (A K2S Question)
From The Space Library
The Earth's atmosphere covers the entire surface of the planet and extends upward with increasingly lower density. There are a few atoms of the Earth's atmosphere extending to the Moon's orbit.
Answer provided by Robert P. McCoy, Ph.D.
Question and Answer extracted from the book Kids to Space - by Lonnie Schorer
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