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Q: How many solar system bodies have "knees" in their atmospheres?

uhohDiscussion lead to citing Why does Earth's atmospheric density have a big "knee" around 100 km? Is there a good analytical approximation? who's answer is "monatomic oxygen". For some reason above 100 km O2 tends to split into two single atoms of oxygen and because they are lighter the exponential...

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not on topic in the main site, but there may be some here interested in atmospheres and what makes them tick
In the future, aviation on other solar system bodies may encounter one
 
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Q: 2020: a year in moderation

JNat As we say goodbye to the old year and welcome the new one, we have a tradition of sharing moderation stats for the past 12 months. As most of you here are aware, sites on the Stack Exchange network are moderated somewhat differently to other sites on the web: We designed the Stack Exchange netw...

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