2006-12-25 05:45:42 · 16 answers · asked by vickey 1 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Astronomy & Space
The atmospher is not dense because there is no atmosphere.
So something with no mass (nothing) has no density...
2006-12-25 05:49:51 · answer #1 · answered by MarkG 7 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Little, no, dense or non-existant.
The moon does have an atmosphere. True, here on earth it would be considered a good hard vaccum, but it is there.
I remember reading back after the Apollo 11 mission that they calculated that the exaust from the lander increased the moons atmosphere by about 14%.
Very little is not the same a nothing.
2006-12-25 11:58:37 · answer #2 · answered by Walking Man 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Which weighs more a pound of lead or a pound of feathers?
Hah! Trick question. Technically, there is an atmosphere on the Moon (i.e. Earth's moon). Practically, it is so thin that its almost not there. So, the concentration of ions, atoms and molecules is very very low. That means that the weight in a cubic meter above the surface of the moon is very very small. The weight per cubic meter IS the density so the density is very low. It is very difficult to make a vacuum in a lab with that low density, so some people would say its not an atmosphere at all. We certainly couldn't breath it, nor would it have much effect on a feather in the wind. Yes, the Moon does have wind, too. But not so we would notice it without very special equipment.
2006-12-25 06:00:29 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 1⤋
Everyone else has avoided this issue, so I will tread where no one else dared...
"Dense" is the correct spelling of the word. Not "dence".
Having a very low gravitational pull, the Moon was/is unable to retain gases on its surface, and the gas molecules just drift out into space. So for all purposes, consider that the Moon has no atmosphere.
Have a nice day,
Zah
2006-12-25 14:45:15 · answer #4 · answered by zahbudar 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Atmosphere on the moon is almost Zero. where the sun shined the temperature can reach 350 deg.F that will stimulate the molecules to obtain escape velocity with nothing else. The first space craft that landed on the moon increased the atmosphere 300% but that was short lived.
2006-12-25 13:12:57 · answer #5 · answered by JOHNNIE B 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I am sorry ,but there is no atmosphere on the moon. There isn't enough mass to hold an atmosphere.
2006-12-25 14:05:42 · answer #6 · answered by Velika 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I don't have my astronomy book with me, but the moon is generally considered to not have an atmosphere. The pressure is approximately equivalent to that of space, which is virtually a vacuum.
It is an extremely low density.
2006-12-25 06:04:29 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
In explanation, the moon is not massive enough to have enough gravity needed to hold any kind of atmosphere to it. If oxygen or nitrogen or about any gas is released from the surface, it will just drift off into space.
2006-12-25 06:02:29 · answer #8 · answered by Gary H 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
What little atmosphere the moon has, is made up of helium and argon. My guess no more then 150 feet thick, with very little density.
~A~
2006-12-25 13:03:39 · answer #9 · answered by porsche 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Atmosphere...on ...moon...? Ha ha ........./falls off chair/
sorry buddy...yor spellin got me gigglin....dat spellin of dense....dat like a barn dense...?...ha ha ha.../falls over agin/
Not laughing at you dude....laughing at the word dense..
I love it......dense...ha...ha...ha...one letter different and it changes the whole look of it...
Sorry went off on a tangent...no atmosphere on the moon to speak of....that's why the astronauts had to wear space suits..
dence...oh wow......brilliant....you hit my funny bone man.....
2006-12-25 20:47:23 · answer #10 · answered by Gaz 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
There is no atmosphere on the moon.
2006-12-25 05:47:13 · answer #11 · answered by eri 7 · 2⤊ 1⤋