Is there winds in the moon ? if so the what do the winds consist of?

Answer 1

There is no wind on the moon. There is no atmosphere.

Answer 2

"Atmosphere
The Moon has a relatively insignificant and tenuous atmosphere. One source of this atmosphere is outgassing — the release of gases, for instance radon, which originate deep within the Moon's interior. Another important source of gases is the solar wind, which is briefly captured by the Moon's gravity."


"A solar wind is a stream of charged particles (i.e., a plasma) which are ejected from the upper atmosphere of a star. When originating from stars other than the Earth's Sun, it is sometimes called a stellar wind.

It consists mostly of high-energy electrons and protons (about 1 keV) that are able to escape the star's gravity in part because of the high temperature of the corona and the high kinetic energy particles gain through a process that is not well understood at this time. Many phenomena are directly related to the solar wind, including: geomagnetic storms that can knock out power grids on Earth, auroras, why the tail of a comet always points away from the Sun, and the formation of distant stars.

While early models of the solar wind used primarily thermal energy to accelerate the material, by the 1960s it was clear that thermal acceleration alone cannot account for the high speed solar wind. Some additional acceleration mechanism is required, but is not currently known, but most likely relates to magnetic fields in the solar atmosphere."

Answer 3

Hi there,

It turns out that the Moon does have an 'atmosphere' of sorts. This is only technically true - in fact the vacuum on the surface of the Moon is much harder than most industrial vacuum chambers on Earth.

As for "winds," I don't know. This is a kind of speculative concept for something as tenuous as what the Moon has.

However, there are molecules that fly around just above the surface of the Moon, liberated by radiation and outgassing. This has been called an 'atmosphere,' and it turns out to be more important than I at first gave it credit.

For example, it may be a mechanism for the transport of water from comet impacts, to the lunar poles. Check it out below.

Answer 4

There are no winds in the moon because it has no atmosphere. The gravity force is about 1/7 of the Earth's gravity, so any gas that could be produced escapes into outer space.

Answer 5

There is no air or wind on the moon, however the solar "wind" is very intense because there is no atmosphere there.

Answer 6

Wind is the movement of air, there is no air on the moon, though there may be ''winds'' of solar dust and extraterrestrial particles, etc, but sorry, no wind

Answer 7

There is no wind on the moon because it doesn't have an atmosphere, therefore it has no weather :)

Answer 8

Yeah, theres no wind on the moon. Space is a vacuum.

Answer 9

No there is no wind that's why the american flag was on a piece of wire when they planted it!

Answer 10

no wind but still in that video on the moon the flag was flaping. i bet we ahve never been to the moon.