Questions tagged [altitude]

Questions regarding the distance of an object above a surface.

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Where does a planet end and space begin?

Where does space start? If space starts right beyond the solid part of a planet, then wouldn't Jupiter not be a planet? And if it starts at the end of the atmosphere, at what point does one escape the atmosphere? Most of all, if it is where the…
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