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  • 02-06-2017
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Why does the moon lack an atmosphere?  

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AL2006
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  • 02-06-2017
Because when it had any, the warmth of the sun heated the atmosphere to the point where the average speed of the gas molecules exceeded the escape velocity for a body with the moon's mass and size. So, little by little, they escaped.
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