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What is a mesosphere?

What is a mesosphere? Here are some definitions.

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  1. layer of the Earth's atmosphere that is directly above the stratosphere and directly below the thermosphere
  2. (geology) The part of the Earth's mantle below the asthenosphere and above the outer core
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The asthenosphere, a less rigid region from 100 to 700 km beneath the surface, separates the lithosphere from the mesosphere.
The stratosphere is the atmospheric layer between the troposphere and the mesosphere and extends from about 12 km altitude to about 50 km.
He looked up, as the light grey mesosphere melted away, revealing the inky blackness of space beyond.
The atmosphere is divided into four layers based on temperature: the troposphere, stratosphere, mesosphere, and thermosphere.
It is in the mesosphere that meteorites typically burn up as they enter the atmosphere.
No deep-focus earthquakes occur at depths greater than about 700 km, or the upper limit of the mesosphere.

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