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An astronaut can hear his companion on the surface of the earth but can not do so on the surface of moon. Why is it so?

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Sound is a longitudinal wave motion and requires a medium . Since, there is no atmosphere on the moon, sound cannot propagate from one point to the other on the moon.
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