HUNTINGTON, W. Va., Nov. 15 -- A Federal safety official said tonight that the Government's preliminary investigation into the crash last night of a chartered jetliner carrying the Marshall University football team had uncovered no irregularities in the operation and performance of the aircraft.
The lowest possible temperature is absolute zero. You cannot have a temperature lower than absolute zero. When an absolute zero is reached, all particle motion effectively stops. To unlock this lesson you must be a Study.com Member.
Why Is A Negative Number Called Absolute Zero? Those who have studied some physics might remember why minus 459.67 Fahrenheit is called absolute zero, but for the rest, it's probably a bit confusing. Switching to Celsius won't help; absolute zero is minus 273.15 degrees on that scale. Is absolute zero ever zero degrees? To find the answer, one needs to look to a scientific temperature scale called Kelvin and how it evolved.