Myth: The Moon has no atmosphere
01/01/07 00:00 Filed in: Science
Is the moon really a terrible place
to host a party?
Myth
The moon has no atmosphere. It is merely a gigantic rock floating in orbit around the Earth.
Reality
Along with a whole host of lunar anomalies, the moon does have an atmosphere. A 1993 study carried out by Boston University scientists observed that the moon’s atmosphere extends over 5,000 miles above its surface.
However, before you pack your bags for a visit, you should note that its composition is mainly sodium and is considerably less dense than that on Earth, by a magnitude of a billion times so.
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