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What is another scientific word for a crater on the moon?
Maria
How big are the craters on maria?
The craters on the Moon's maria can vary in size, but some can be several kilometers in diameter. The largest known crater on a lunar mare is the Orientale Basin, which is about 930 kilometers in diameter.
What can you see on the moon with no telescope?
Without a telescope, you can see the different phases of the moon, lunar craters, and dark patches known as lunar seas or maria. You may also see some of the moon's prominent features, such as the Tycho crater or the Apennine Mountains.
What is the name of saturns moon with the crater herschel on it?
Saturn's moon with the crater Herschel is called Mimas. Mimas is one of Saturn's innermost moons and is known for its large Herschel crater, which gives it a distinctive "Death Star" appearance.
What are the bright areas surrounding the Maria on the moon?
mountainous crater regions and the light colored ray systems of a few impact craters
What is the name of the Moon's largest impact crater?
The South Pole-Aitken basin (not "Aitken crater") on the far side of the moon, at 1,600 miles across, is not only the largest known impact crater on the moon but one of the largest in the solar system. It is also believed to be the moon's oldest and deepest (over 8 miles deep).
What is A bowl shaped hole on the surface of a planet or moon that was caused by the impact of meteorite?
This is known as an impact crater. Please see the related link.
What moon has Herschel crater on it?
There is a "Herschel Crater" on our own Moon; on Mimas; and on the planet Mars.
What are dark flat areas on the moon's surface?
The large flat areas on the moon are called "Maria" (Latin for "seas", because the early astronomers thought that's what they are). They are huge regions of smooth rock. If very dark, they are so by being in shadows. Smaller dark spots are meteor-impact crater floors in the shadows of the crater wall.
What is the Moon's largest crater?
The cheese crater. The cheese crater is the cheeseiest crater in all of cheese land.
Where would you find a lunar crater?
Lunar craters are found on the surface of the Moon. They are formed by impacts from meteoroids, asteroids, or comets hitting the Moon's surface. Some well-known lunar craters include Tycho, Copernicus, and Aristarchus.
What is a sentence for crater?
The astronauts explored the giant crater left by the meteor impact.
