Point me to the specific part of your link that explains how earths atmosphere is maintained against the vacuum of space without a hard barrier to separate
It’s called gravity genius. And that link is about the atmosphere being dragged by the earths rotation (no-slip boundary layer fluid dynamics), nothing to do with the force of gravity overcoming the other forces acting on particles of gas which make up the atmosphere (thus “holding in” the atmosphere without some kind of firmament or whatever it is you’re suggesting here). Two different concepts.
Until you have a better one, with math backing it up, this isn’t a productive digression. I personally think the reality is something far more interesting and complicated than simple “gravity”, but, beyond a few interesting ideas (Holographic Universe being one of them, Electric Universe being another), we don’t have anything approaching an “answer” yet.
Windy mentioned convertible
Here’s his exact quote:
“ Earth being a convertible, there is no way it is moving.” Where the “it” being discussed is the atmosphere. My link does explain why the atmosphere (especially at the surface and the next few hundred feet) is moving (rotating) at roughly the same speed as the surface of the earth itself. This is known as the “no-slip boundary layer”, an indisputable fact of the physical world.
The other question:
Wondering how earths atmosphere doesn’t escape into the void of space
Has an entirely different answer, relating to entirely different forces than the first question. It can be boiled down simply however, because all that is relavent to this answer is the net forces present on the particles of gas in the atmosphere, and when the math is done, gravity dominates, and holds in our atmosphere (almost all of it - you might be aware that things like pure helium gas will have a balance of forces which yields a net force that overcomes gravity and escapes the atmosphere into space)
That’s incorrect:
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boundary_layer
Specifically in the context of:
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Planetary_boundary_layer
Are you a shill?
Point me to the specific part of your link that explains how earths atmosphere is maintained against the vacuum of space without a hard barrier to separate
It’s called gravity genius. And that link is about the atmosphere being dragged by the earths rotation (no-slip boundary layer fluid dynamics), nothing to do with the force of gravity overcoming the other forces acting on particles of gas which make up the atmosphere (thus “holding in” the atmosphere without some kind of firmament or whatever it is you’re suggesting here). Two different concepts.
Gravity is another unproven theory
Windy mentioned convertible
As in, the atmosphere of the cabin of the convertible car (earths atmosphere) has nothing separating it from the rest of the air (space)
This link explains why that is possible?
Wondering how earths atmosphere doesn’t escape into the void of space
Until you have a better one, with math backing it up, this isn’t a productive digression. I personally think the reality is something far more interesting and complicated than simple “gravity”, but, beyond a few interesting ideas (Holographic Universe being one of them, Electric Universe being another), we don’t have anything approaching an “answer” yet.
Here’s his exact quote:
“ Earth being a convertible, there is no way it is moving.” Where the “it” being discussed is the atmosphere. My link does explain why the atmosphere (especially at the surface and the next few hundred feet) is moving (rotating) at roughly the same speed as the surface of the earth itself. This is known as the “no-slip boundary layer”, an indisputable fact of the physical world.
The other question:
Has an entirely different answer, relating to entirely different forces than the first question. It can be boiled down simply however, because all that is relavent to this answer is the net forces present on the particles of gas in the atmosphere, and when the math is done, gravity dominates, and holds in our atmosphere (almost all of it - you might be aware that things like pure helium gas will have a balance of forces which yields a net force that overcomes gravity and escapes the atmosphere into space)