eli5: Why is it temperatures can go up to the trillions but only down to -273?

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eli5: Why is it temperatures can go up to the trillions but only down to -273?

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because water melts at 273.15 kelvin.

if you measure in Kelvin temp only goes up. it is a historical accident that Celsius scale was set to zero at water’s melting point.

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