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What is a depression in the Moon's surface caused by the impact of an asteroid or meteoroid?
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The usual term is crater. Most craters are nearly circular holes surrounded by rims of ejected material. The term "impact basin" is used for the multiple-ringed structures formed by large impacts.
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What are these holes in the surface of the Moon caused from asteroid impact?
They're called craters.
These are holes in the surface of the moon caused from asteroid impact.?
They're called craters.
What is the name for a depression in the moon caused by an object striking its surface?
They are referred to as impact craters.
Why does the Moon's surface look like it does?
The moons surface is covered with craters, caused by asteroid collisions early in the history of the solar system. The large dark patches on the moon, are seas of lava that flowed out of the moon's interior, filled the impact craters, and cooled to solid rock.
Long streaks of bright light caused when a meteoroid gets close to the sun?
A meteor is long streak of light that is visible when a meteoroid gets close to the sun. When a meteor goes through the atmosphere and hits the ground, it is called a meteorite.
What are the holes in the surface of the moon caused from asteroid impacts?
They're called craters.
What are the holes in the surface of the moon caused from asteroid impact.?
They're called craters.
What are these holes in the surface of the Moon caused from asteroid impact?
They're called craters.
These are holes in the surface of the moon caused from asteroid impact.?
They're called craters.
What is the difference between an asteroid and a meteor?
The word "meteor" refers to the streak of light in the sky caused when something falls into the Earth's atmosphere at very high speed, and is heated to incandescence by friction and compressive heating. The "something" can be a rock the size of a grain of rice, or anything larger. Before it hits the atmosphere, it is referred to as a "meteoroid"; if it survives to strike the Earth, the fragments if found are called "meteorites". An asteroid is a chunk of rock floating in space, orbiting the Sun. The term can be applied to anything large enough to be visible, but is typically applied to rocks at least a few meters in diameter. There's a lot of gray area between "meteoroid" and "asteroid".
What Craters on the surface of the moon are caused by the impact of .?
When an asteroid, comet, or meteorite collides with the Moon a crater is formed.
What is the depression in the earth's surface caused by volcano or meteor or other explosion?
Crater.
What is a meteorite belt?
There's an "asteroid belt", but there's no such a thing as a "meteor belt". A "meteor" is what we see when a "meteoroid" is heated up as it enters Earth's atmosphere. Meteors are mainly caused by "dust" from comets. There isn't really a "meteoroid belt" either. However, some meteoroids originate from the asteroid belt.
What is the name for a depression in the moon caused by an object striking its surface?
They are referred to as impact craters.
What is a streak of light caused by a glowing meteoroid?
meteor
What is the name for a dip in water tables caused by pumping?
A dip in the water table caused by pumping is called a cone of depression. The land surface above the cone is called the area of influence.
Large or small depression in the land or ocean floor?
A basin is a large or small depression in the surface of land. or the ocean. A basin can be caused by plate tectonics or erosion.
