However, the tenuous atmosphere of Mercury is far too thin for these maneuvers.

Callisto has a very tenuous atmosphere composed of carbon dioxide.

Pluto occulted stars in 1988, 2002, and 2006, allowing its tenuous atmosphere to be studied.

It has a tenuous atmosphere composed primarily of oxygen.

She was seeing the Sun's tenuous atmosphere, made visible by the artificial occulting of the central star.

The Moon may also have a tenuous "atmosphere" of electrostatically-levitated dust.

Furthermore, as there is only an extremely tenuous atmosphere on the Moon, very distant objects will appear clearer and closer to the human eye.

Listening, one could almost feel and hear the sucking of the mighty power that pulled it at an ever greater pace through the tenuous atmosphere.

It is cold, icy, and heavily cratered, with a very tenuous atmosphere.

The tenuous atmosphere was like a perpetual muffler on his unaccustomed ears.