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The equations of gas dynamics are extensively used to describe atmospheric loss from solar system bodies and exoplanets even though the boundary conditions at infinity are not uniquely defined.Using molecular ;kinetic simulations that correctly treat the transition from the continuum to the rarefied region, we confirm that the energy ;limited escape approximation is valid when adiabatic expansion is the dominant cooling process.However, this does not imply that the outflow goes sonic.