Why does moon have very cold and very hot temperature variations even though it is at the same distance from the sun as the earth is?

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asked Sep 16, 2017 in Biology by Golu (37,045 points) 19 145 415

Why does moon have very cold and very hot temperature variations eg, from -190°C to 110°C even though it is at the same distance from the sun as the earth is?

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answered Sep 16, 2017 by Ankit Agarwal (28,847 points) 7 32 68
selected Sep 17, 2017 by Golu
 
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There is absence of atmosphere on the moon,so no part of heat remains trapped in its atmosphere. That is why in day time moon gets hot and in night it cools down and cools fast and all heat is radiated off into the space there by making variation of moon’s surface temperature extreme.

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