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The craters on the surface of earths moon were produced by what?
By meteors/asteroids crashing into the Moon.
What are the dark patches on the lunar surface?
Those dark patches are craters from meteors that hit the moon.
Does the moon heve craters cause off meteors crashes?
Technically, yes, some probes have crashed into the moon, and have undoubtedly left tiny craters. However, none of them would be large enough to see.
How were the craters on the moon made?
Craters happen when meteorites impact on the Moon's surface. Most of the craters on the Moon are billions of years old, the impacts were much more common during the early stages of the solar system's formation. There are craters on the Earth's surface as well. They are just harder to see, because the surface of the Earth changes faster because we have an atmosphere and erosion.
What is the origin of meteorites?
Meteorites originate as asteroids from space. They are loose rocks that have been formed in the pre-planetary era or have been chipped off of a larger body such as a planet or moon by impact. When they encounter Earth's atmosphere they become meteroids, when they light up due to friction they become meteors, when they impact Earth's surface, they are meteorites.
What forces have changed the moon surface?
Meteors colliding with its surface and all of the world's missions where objects successfully landed on the surface. Or crashed into it, for that matter.
Why does the moon have circles?
Those are impact craters from when it was hit by meteors. The moon has no weather, so they never got erased like most of the impact craters that were on Earth's surface.
Why is the Moon's surface spots?
The spots on the Moon's surface are craters left from collisions with meteors and asteroids.
What are the dents in the moon?
The "dents" on the surface of the moon are craters. The craters were created by asteroids and meteors that crashed into the moon's surface.
Is there weathering erosion or deposition on the Moon?
There is deposition - from the impact of meteors colliding with the moon.
The craters on the surface of earths moon were produced by what?
By meteors/asteroids crashing into the Moon.
What is the moon lacking that would protect it from meteors?
Unlike the Earth, the moon does not have an atmosphere to help protect it from meteors. When meteors enter the Earth's atmosphere, the resistance of the air causes friction and generates a tremendous amount of heat - so much so that most meteors are destroyed before they reach the ground. The moon does not have an atmosphere and therefore there is nothing stopping meteorites from bombarding the surface. Hence, the large number of impact craters on the moon.
Why is the Moon's surface filled with craters?
it has been hit with many meteors
What created the large craters you we see on the moon?
The theory is that these are impact craters of meteors.
What do you call the holes on the surface of the moon?
These are craters, caused by impacts. Because the moon does not have sufficient gravity to sustain an atmosphere, there is no protective barrier between the moon's surface and random objects in space. Craters will typically have a raised rim, a sloped crater wall leading into the depression and a crater floor that is the base of the depression. The surrounding area of a crater will have material "splashed" onto it from the impact. Larger craters will also have a central peak caused by the kinetic energy of an impacting object melting a portion of the lunar or impacting material.
When meteors or other objects stike the moon what do they create?
Impact craters. The size of the crater is related to the speed of the impact and the size of the object.
Is this sentence grammatically correct. Why do meteors have such a larger impact on the Earth then on the moon?
No, it is not grammatically correct. "Such a" can only be followed by a base-form adjective, like "large." If you want to make a comparative sentence, you might say, "Why do meteors have a MUCH larger impact on the Earth THAN on the moon."
