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Grimalkyne
Nov 29, 2017

The main reason for the very thin atmosphere on the moon is that it doesn't have enough mass, and therefore not enough gravity to retain gas near its surface

Explanation:

The moon does have an atmosphere but a very thin one

The main reason for the very thin atmosphere is that the moon doesn't have enough mass, and therefore not enough gravity to retain gas near its surface

See here for more details
https://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/LADEE/news/lunar-atmosphere.html

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