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Wouldn't the dust technically become the atmosphere? There is still gravity on the moon.
by knicholes 5y ago
Wouldn't the dust technically become the atmosphere? There is still gravity on the moon.
- SideburnsOfDoom 5y ago> douldn't the dust technically become the atmosphere? Only for short time, while it's vaporised into a gas by the impact. For that time it will join the rest of the "infinitesimal amount of gas" that forms a very tenuous atmosphere around the moon. https://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/LADEE/news/lunar-atmosphere.html https://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/LADEE/news/lunar-atmosphe...
- pdonis 5y ago> Wouldn't the dust technically become the atmosphere? No, because it's not a gas (dust has basically zero pressure) and it won't stay aloft at a constant or nearly constant altitude. It will either fall back to the surface or escape.
- knicholes 5y agoI have a hard time believing that the dust would escape given the gravity of the moon.