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Interstellar space has an average temperature of about 10 K and an average density of hydrogen atoms of about one hydrogen atom per cubic meter. Calculate the mean free path of a hydrogen atom in interstellar space, assuming that the diameter of a hydrogen atom is 100 pm.
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