• Question: can it rain on the moon?

    Asked by 11wiloma to James, Marcus, Martin, Rob, Suzanne on 16 Mar 2012.
    • Photo: Martin Zaltz Austwick

      Martin Zaltz Austwick answered on 15 Mar 2012:

      Nope. No atmosphere, no water. No clouds.

    • Photo: Marcus Gallagher-Jones

      Marcus Gallagher-Jones answered on 16 Mar 2012:

      It can’t sadly. There is not enough gravity on the moon to hold water (or gases for that matter) in place to form an atmosphere.

    • Photo: Robert Thompson

      Robert Thompson answered on 20 Mar 2012:

      Yeah, Not enough gravity to hold an atmosphere, so even if there was water on the moon when it evaporated to start forming a cloud it would just float off into space.

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