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I see, I'd thought gravity was the larger force in orbital decay. But then, the atmosphere doesn't exist without gravity, so I still say gravity :P
Hehe, fair point.
Although on another level, the atmosphere extends so far only because some high temperature molecules got flung out that far due to being the outliers in the temperature game, which mostly comes from solar radiation. So it's also the Sun 🌞😎