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mlhpdx ◴[] No.44357730[source]
It’s very odd to think of something extremely hot but with almost no density, and therefore very little heat transfer.
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1. __MatrixMan__ ◴[] No.44362648[source]
See also: the exosphere. Helium and Hydrogen in Earth's atmosphere float up above the others and form a layer which hangs out around 1000 °C. Despite the high temperature, you'd probably get hypothermia if you stayed too long in the shade at that altitude (supposing the low pressure didn't get you first).

Temperature, it would seem, is an idea that would only have developed at the bottom of a gravity well.