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THIS communication shows that a simple scaling law, based on an approximate solution of the heat balance equation, can be used to determine the variation of exospheric temperature T∞ over a solar cycle. T∞ is defined as the temperature of the isothermal region (on account of heat conduction) extending into the exosphere and so T∞, also controls the escape of gases from planetary atmospheres.
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BAUER, S. Solar Cycle Variation of Planetary Exospheric Temperatures. Nature Physical Science 232, 101–102 (1971). https://doi.org/10.1038/physci232101a0
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