Question #2ef74
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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