What Prevented the Moon from Maintaining Any Atmosphere with Which

question 54

Multiple Choice

What prevented the Moon from maintaining any atmosphere with which it originally formed?

• A) It repeatedly collided with planetesimals.
• B) It is too close to the Sun.
• C) It is not massive enough.
• D) It is tidally locked to Earth.

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