Because there is no wind or other weather on the moon, there is nothing to weather the footprints. Barring a meteor strike or something like that, or tourists (!), they will stay there forever.
Footprints are on the moon because astronauts from the Apollo missions walked on its surface. The moon's lack of atmosphere and wind means that footprints can last for a long time without being erased.
There are footprints from 12 astronauts on the moon, as a result of the six Apollo moon landing missions between 1969 and 1972. The lack of atmosphere and wind on the moon has preserved these footprints for millions of years.
Yes, the astronauts' footprints are likely still on the Moon since there is no atmosphere or weather to erode them. However, due to the lack of atmosphere, there is also no wind or water on the Moon to completely preserve the footprints, so they may have been slightly distorted by micro-meteoroid impacts over time.
That's correct! Footprints left on the moon by astronauts will remain there for a very long time due to the lack of atmosphere, wind, and water to erode or disturb them. This means that these footprints could potentially last for millions of years.
The lack of atmosphere means there is no wind, or rain, etc. to either erode or wash away the footprints. The only way for the footprints to be disturbed would be from an impact event, such as a meteor striking the moon's surface near the prints and disturbing the surface.
The 12 Apollo astronauts have left their footprints on the moon.
yes it can because there are some footprints on the moon left by the astronauts
The footprints on the moon left by the astronauts will still be there in a few thousand years. They will eventually be covered with new dust from micrometeorites.
Oh yes the footprints left on the moon by the astronauts , will remain there for years or centuries. The reason is that there is no wind on the moon surface. So there is no chance of dust covering those footprints.
Footprints are on the moon because astronauts from the Apollo missions walked on its surface. The moon's lack of atmosphere and wind means that footprints can last for a long time without being erased.
There are footprints from 12 astronauts on the moon, as a result of the six Apollo moon landing missions between 1969 and 1972. The lack of atmosphere and wind on the moon has preserved these footprints for millions of years.
Yes, the astronauts' footprints are likely still on the Moon since there is no atmosphere or weather to erode them. However, due to the lack of atmosphere, there is also no wind or water on the Moon to completely preserve the footprints, so they may have been slightly distorted by micro-meteoroid impacts over time.
There are craters on the surface of the moon
They'll be there as long as the moon is. Space is a vacuum, there's nothing there to disturb them.
The gravity can't be responsible for drifting away of footprints. Its the absence of the atmosphere which is really responsible. Due to its absence, no factor such as wind or something can drift away the footprints
1) Gravity is less. 2) It would depend on the strength of the surface material.
That's correct! Footprints left on the moon by astronauts will remain there for a very long time due to the lack of atmosphere, wind, and water to erode or disturb them. This means that these footprints could potentially last for millions of years.