There is considerable erosion on the Moon, just not the same as on Earth. On Earth, erosion is caused by air, water, and geologic processes. (Air and water transport of solids is included and important.) On the Moon, there is no wind-blown sand or rushing streams, but there is significant erosion, resulting in a layer of dust, of varying thickness, on the entire surface. It may not move around as much as on Earth. The erosive forces on the Moon : * Heating and cooling (cracks and chemically changes rocks, and can clump dust electrostatically ; where ice is present, it can melt, expand, or contract) * Solar wind (there is no atmosphere to impede high-speed ions and particles) * Meteor impacts and micro-meteoroids (again, no atmosphere to stop them)
There is no erosion on the moon because there is no wind or water to cause it. The moon does not have plate tectonics because its mantle is not hot enough to support the movement of the crust.
Erosion DOES happen on the Moon, it is just that the mechanism - ablation by the solar wind and meteorite impact, is a much slower process.
On earth the Atmosphere and Hydrosphere, energized by solar irradiation effect a much faster erosion regime.
It's the other way around I think. The Earth has "weather", etc.
The Moon has no wind or rain, etc.
because there are no atmosthere
The Earth has weather patterns that have eroded most of the craters on Earth. The moon has no weather, therefore no erosion.
The moon has no atmosphere, which means that it never rains, snows and there is never wind. Wind and rain cause erosion on the Earth and since that doesn't happen on the moon, footprints left by astronauts will stay for a few thousand years.
There is no erosion on the moon and mercury to erase the impact sites.
nothing will happen... because
Yes. That is because the Moon doesn't have any significant amount of atmosphere.
it doesn't happen on the moon ... there no wind , water or any thing else that causes erosion on the moon :)
Erosion can not happen on the moon, because there is no wind or clouds in the atmosphere.
There is no atmosphere on the Moon and no large bodies of water to cause any forms of erosion, so there is no erosion like on Earth.
Erosion is the process by which the surface of the earth is worn away by the action of water,wind, etc. Erosion happens mostly on mountains.
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the crust layer.
Can't happen. Weathering takes air in motion (wind), and erosion takes water in motion, and there's none of either on the moon.
The Earth has weather patterns that have eroded most of the craters on Earth. The moon has no weather, therefore no erosion.
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The moon has no atmosphere, which means that it never rains, snows and there is never wind. Wind and rain cause erosion on the Earth and since that doesn't happen on the moon, footprints left by astronauts will stay for a few thousand years.
There is no significant amount of erosion on the Moon.
There is no erosion on the moon and mercury to erase the impact sites.