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OCR: STRUCTURE ATMOSPHERE Mantle The Moon's surface gravity is too weak to prevent any gas particles near the surface from escaping into space. As a Outer result, the Moon's whole core atmosphere has about the same mass as the air inside a Inner basketball stadium on Earth. core Crust LAYER THICKNESS COMPOSITION Crust 60-100 km (40-60 miles) Rock and dust Mantle 1,000 km (620 miles) Solid rock Outer core Semisolid rock Inner core (radius) Rock or iron