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Planetary scientists call the thin gaseo...

Planetary scientists call the thin gaseous envelope around the Moon as the

A

lunar exosphere

B

lunar stratosphere

C

lunar thermospher

D

lunar endosphere

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The thin gaseous envelope around the Moon is called a lunar exosphere, bounded by the emptiness of space and the Moon.s surface , is an atmosphere so thin that atoms really collide.
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