How were the moons craters created?

Anonymous

∙ 15y ago

Updated: 8/17/2019

The moons craters would have been made by pieces of rock - meteroids. These collided with the moon in the past to make the craters. Material ejected from the collision would then have fallen back to the surface of the moon to make further smaller craters further away.

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