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A meteriod with a diameter of 1cm strikes the Moon What will the crater diameter be?
Heatherhoedebeck
That would depend on several factors; the velocity of the meteoroid, the mass, density and composition of the meteoroid, and the nature of the surface where it strikes.
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What are two of the larger craters on the moon?
The largest crater on the moon is the Aitken Basin. It is 2500 km in diameter and 13km deep. It is located near the Lunar south pole and is not viable from Earth. It is thought to be one of the largest craters in the solar system.Hertzprung is the second largest crater on the moon. It is 591 km in diameter and it located on the dark side of the moon just beyond the west limb.Apollo Crater is the third largest crater on the moon. It is located near the south pole on the far side of the moon. it is 538 km in diameter but its depth is unknown.Korolov Crater is about 437 km in diameter and is located close to the lunar equator on the far side of the moon.Bailly crater is the largest crater visible from Earth. It is 303 km in diameter and 4.3 km deep. Located near the south west limb of the moon.Some craters have flooded with molton lava after the impact. They are now called mare or seas.Mare Ibrium at 1,123 km in diameter is the largest.Mare Tranquillitatis made famous by the Apollo 11 moon landing, is about 873km in diameter.Mare Nubium is about 715 km in diameter.Apollo 17 landed near Mare Serenitatis. It is 707 km in diameter.Mare Orientale is about 327 km in diameter.
A bowl shaped depression on a planet or moon?
a crater
Where would you find a lunar crater?
YES!!! The adjective 'Lunar' from Latin, means of the Moon.
How do crater form?
Craters form normally during impacts from meteorites, but can also have been formed by early volcanic activity. Most early planetoids and moons had Volcanic activity, when a volcano explodes or collapses is leave a caldera, which is a crater looking formation.
What is the name of saturns moon with the crater herschel on it?
Mimas
When a meteoroid strikes the moon what forms?
Then a crater will be formed, depends a great deal on its size.
What is the diameter of the Tycho crater on the moon?
its 86.21km wide and 4.8 km deep
Why are some craters on the moon bigger than others?
It all depends on the amount of kinetic energy the crater has when it hits the moon. The larger the height, and the more kinetic energy the crater has when it hits the moon the larger the diameter of the crater and the more deeper it is. Hope this helps!
What are two of the larger craters on the moon?
The largest crater on the moon is the Aitken Basin. It is 2500 km in diameter and 13km deep. It is located near the Lunar south pole and is not viable from Earth. It is thought to be one of the largest craters in the solar system.Hertzprung is the second largest crater on the moon. It is 591 km in diameter and it located on the dark side of the moon just beyond the west limb.Apollo Crater is the third largest crater on the moon. It is located near the south pole on the far side of the moon. it is 538 km in diameter but its depth is unknown.Korolov Crater is about 437 km in diameter and is located close to the lunar equator on the far side of the moon.Bailly crater is the largest crater visible from Earth. It is 303 km in diameter and 4.3 km deep. Located near the south west limb of the moon.Some craters have flooded with molton lava after the impact. They are now called mare or seas.Mare Ibrium at 1,123 km in diameter is the largest.Mare Tranquillitatis made famous by the Apollo 11 moon landing, is about 873km in diameter.Mare Nubium is about 715 km in diameter.Apollo 17 landed near Mare Serenitatis. It is 707 km in diameter.Mare Orientale is about 327 km in diameter.
Are there craters on both the earth and moon?
Yes. both the moon and the earth has several craters from meteorites. The most known/largest crater on the earth is the "Barringer Crater" in Arizona which is over a kilometer in diameter and approximately 40'000 years old
What is a sentence for crater?
There is a crater on the moon.
Why is aitkin most significant in the solar system?
The Aitkin Basin is a huge impact crater on the moon, 1,600 miles in diameter and 8.1 miles deep. It is the oldest, deepest and largest crater on the moon, and one of the largest in the entire solar system.
How deep are the craters on the moon?
The Chicxulub crater is an ancient crater located just off of the Yucatán Peninsula in Mexico. This crater is the one which implicates the demise of the dinosaurs over 65 million years ago. The crater has a diameter of over 180 kilometers (110 miles) and the impacting asteroid has been calculated to be at least 10 km (6 miles) in diameter. The amount of energy released has been calculated to be over 2 million times greater than the largest nuclear bomb (Tsar Bomba) at 50 megatons.
What moon has Herschel crater on it?
There is a "Herschel Crater" on our own Moon; on Mimas; and on the planet Mars.
What is the Moon's largest crater?
The cheese crater. The cheese crater is the cheeseiest crater in all of cheese land.
What is the name of the oldest crater found on the moon?
Alcatzervater Crater
How do you use crater in a sentence?
There is a crater on the top of a moon and a volcano.
