Gujarati
7.Gravitation
easy

There is no atmosphere on the moon because

A

It is closer to the earth

B

It revolves round the earth

C

It gets light from the sun

D

The escape velocity of gas molecules is lesser than their root mean square velocity here

Solution

(d) There is no atmosphere at moon because escape velocity is less than the root mean square velocity of the molecules at moon. Hence all molecules escape.

Standard 11
Physics

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