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To: ASA Vet
Is "none" negligible?

What's the minimum amount of "gas" that has to be present to be considered "atmosphere"?

There's evidence of earlier outgassing on the lunar surface.

Did any of the Apollo missions think to bring back samples of the atmosphere?

18 posted on 01/05/2007 1:03:33 PM PST by Calvin Locke
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To: Calvin Locke
What's the minimum amount of "gas" that has to be present to be considered "atmosphere"?

It's not the amount of gas, it's whether the gravity is strong enough to hang onto it. There are always trace amounts of gas in space but it is only considered atmosphere if it is held by the gravity of a body nearby.

22 posted on 01/05/2007 1:20:02 PM PST by Squawk 8888 (Pluto's been marginalized! Call the ACLU!)
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To: Calvin Locke
“Did any of the Apollo missions think to bring back samples of the atmosphere?”

Doesn’t atmosphere require gravity? The moons is like one sixth of earth’s. Less atmosphere to start and nothing to renew it.

No oceans, no lightning storms, no plant life, no volcanoes (anymore)=no atmosphere.

55 posted on 12/25/2007 12:47:44 AM PST by JSteff
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