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Unread 05-21-2002, 03:19 PM   #18
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Originally posted by bigben2k
CD, I think that myv65 is trying to say is that without gravity, there would be no atmosphere, the result of which is space vacuum, which will boil away any liquid.

The moon, even though it has gravity, doesn't have enough pull to retain an atmosphere. I've never understood that, but I do know that it's a fact.
Actually, the moon DOES have an atmosphere. It's just very very VERY thin. Enough so that for all practical purposes you can say it doesn't have one.
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