Answer
Yes, the predicted value is a little meaningful.
Work Step by Step
At the height of $6*10^{12}m$, gas particles are around the earth orbit. It does not experience random collisions so, mean free path comes to be very large.
Fundamentals of Physics Extended (10th Edition)
by Halliday, David; Resnick, Robert; Walker, Jearl
Published by
Wiley
ISBN 10:
1-11823-072-8
ISBN 13:
978-1-11823-072-5
Chapter 19 - The Kinetic Theory of Gases - Problems - Page 579: 29b
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