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What are the two factors which determine why some bodies in solar system have atmosphere and others do not?

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If the velocity of air molecules are more than escape velocity it escapes the atmosphere.
Hence same planets don't have atmosphere because the velocity of molecule more than the escape velocity which is very low.

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