Venus' exosphere has a temperature of about 404 K. What is the thermal speed of hydrogen (in km/s) in Venus' exosphere? The mass of a hydrogen atom is 1.67 x 10-27 kg and Boltzmann's constant is k = 1.38 × 10-23 Joule/Kelvin
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Venus' exosphere has a temperature of about 404 K. What is the thermal speed of hydrogen (in km/s) in Venus' exosphere? The mass of a hydrogen atom is 1.67 x 10-27 kg and Boltzmann's constant is k = 1.38 × 10-23 Joule/Kelvin.
Given:
- The temperature of Venus exosphere is .
- The mass of hydrogen atom is .
- The value of Boltzmann constant is .
The formula to calculate the thermal speed of hydrogen atom is,
Here, v is the thermal speed, k is the Boltzmann constant, T is the temperature and m is the mass of hydrogen atom.
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