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give reason why temperature on moon ranges from -190 C to110 C

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Moon does not have atmosphere and because of there is there is so much difference in moon day (110) and night temperature(-190) .

Both Earth and the moon are effectively equidistant from the sun, but the moon lacks an atmosphere to trap heat, and the length of its days and nights allows it to reach extreme highs and lows.The atmosphere absorbs light, increasing the time taken to heat an object; it also retains heat, increasing the time taken to cool. In the absence of an atmosphere, you have temperature extreme.

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The earth and the moon receive similar amounts of energy from the sun, but in the case of earth, the atmosphere deflects and absorbs some of that heat. As the sun's rays strike the gas molecules that surround the planet, those molecules absorb some of the energy and pass it on throughout the atmosphere, warming the entire planet instead of just the areas in direct sunlight. This diffusion of energy reduces the maximum temperature, and since the moon has no such protective blanket, its maximum temperatures are scorching.

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