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Because it does not have enough gravity to "hold" onto an atmosphere.

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Q: Why is there so little atmosphere on the moon?
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There is no gravity air and what on the moon?

The Moon does have gravity! It is weak (just 1/6th of the Earth's) so the Moon has very little atmosphere.


How did the moon get to the atmosphere?

The moon has no atmosphere and it is not within the Earth's atmosphere, so it never got "to the atmosphere."


What are things not available on moon?

To be a little specific it's the enough 'gravitational force'. This is primarily responsible for moon's lack of atmosphere. This adds to lack of oxygen, the friendly atmosphere, water, and so on...


How big is moons atmosphere?

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If the moon didn't have an atmosphere what would happem to it?

The moon doesn't have an atmosphere, so nothing.


Does the moon have a poisonous atmosphere?

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What is the dominant gas in the atmosphere of the moon?

The moon has no atmosphere so therefore there is no dominate gas.


People living on the moon?

there are no people living on the moon because there is no atmosphere and if there is no atmosphere there is no oxygen so they can not breath so there 4 there is no life on the moon


Is titan to small to have a atmosphere?

No indeed. The moon Titan has a nitrogen-rich atmosphere which contains a little bit of methane. Titan is the only moon in the solar system to have an atmosphere!


Does The lack of an atmosphere has very little effect on the moon.?

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Are there tornadoes on the moon?

No. There is no atmosphere on the moon so there are no tornadoes or any other sort of weather there.


The moon has no air or no liquid?

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