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Absolute zero

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Absolute zero is the temperature at which oscillations of atoms and molecules are as slow as they can possibly be. On the Fahrenheit scale, absolute zero corresponds with -459º. On the Celsius scale, it is -273º. Only on the Kelvin scale does absolute zero correspond with 0º.

References

  1. http://www.pa.msu.edu/~sciencet/ask_st/012992.html