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Since the moon has a bit of gravity is there a tiny layer of atmophere around it?

Surely some gas particles would be caught in the moons gravity?

What about mars?

Thanks :)

>> No.8277198

>>8277178
Technically yes, to all intents and purposes no. Mars has an atmosphere but its much thinner than earths

>> No.8277237

>>8277198
Seconded. The atmosphere on Mars would certainly not provide anything like the storm that fucked over Matt Damon in The Martian. Far too thin

>> No.8277241

>>8277237
In the book they were worried about dust abrasion, which makes a bit more sense

>> No.8277242

>>8277241
I had to drop the book, too much poo eating. It's almost like they are conditioning the masses for the future. Do people take living on other planets seriously here on sci? A lot of moon talk and what not. It's all TV, get over it we aren't going anywhere.

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>>8277178
It has an atmosphere of 95% CO2 at 0.09 psi.
Don't you have access to Google in your country?
I'm glad >>>/x/ could help.

>> No.8277258

>>8277242
Half of /sci/ hates any and all futurism and the other half takes it to far. The third half are somewhere in between

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>>8277178
Yeah, but it's not much
According to this, it is comparable to the space where the ISS orbits.
https://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/LADEE/news/lunar-atmosphere.html

the moon is also believed to have electrostatically levitated dust, if you can call that an atmosphere.

>>8277237
Huh it really wouldn't: http://space.stackexchange.com/questions/9301/could-you-feel-the-wind-on-mars

Potentially, the wind could scour out regolith near the landing legs, which would cause the rocket to tilt

>> No.8277509

The moon has developed an atmosphere only recently.
If the moon did not have an atmosphere, when you look at it when its full and in the night sky you would not be able to see the edge of it.

>> No.8277513

>>8277242
Not anywhere in the near future, but unless humanity kills itself I don't see why is unrealistic to expect we will (at least make a serious attempt to) colonize another planet.