Venus has a very dense atmosphere, which helps burn up many meteors it pulls in. This lets the planet have many less craters than others. Additionally, the gas giants don't have any known craters, since they are made of mostly gas.
Mercury is the planet that most resembles the Moon in visible surface features and atmosphere. It is a grey planet that has many craters and a thin atmosphere.
Any fairly large rocky body with no atmosphere. In our solar system, the Moon and Mercury both fit this description.
A planet with active volcanoes will have fewer craters, as older craters will tend to be buried by lava and ash.
First ,the presence of craters on Mercury. Yes these are present and have been confirmed by NASA photographs. These craters are created by similar processes as those on the moon.Mercury has water ice in shadowed craters at its north pole. This was identified by radar examination of the planet in 1994 and later confirmed by NASA photographs.Similarly water ice has been identified in shadowed craters at the moon's poles.As a consequence:Mercury is not dry, it has ice depositsMercury has craters formed by impacts like those on the moon.Some of the craters in both locations are dry (the majority) Others have ice deposits.
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Yes, there are craters on the Moon. Any planet with a solid surface and not too much of an atmosphere will have craters.
I think it is Mercury.
The thinner the atmosphere, the more craters the planet has. Planets with thicker atmospheres burn up most asteroids before they hit the ground.
If there are lots of craters, it means there is no significant atmosphere. The reason is that any craters will be eroded eventually, by the presence of an atmosphere.
False. Craters are not eroded on Mercury, which has no atmosphere.
Mercury is the planet that most resembles the Moon in visible surface features and atmosphere. It is a grey planet that has many craters and a thin atmosphere.
Venus is a planet that has a smooth unmarked surface caused by a thick protective atmosphere. The atmosphere of Venus is mostly carbon dioxide, which is surrounded by sulfuric acid clouds.
Mercury. It has a lot of craters as the planet has no atmosphere to speak of and therefore no weather. Meteors are allowed to collide with the planet a lot more easily as the lack of atmosphere means that they don't burn or break up, the lack of weather also means that the craters stay put once they are formed, much like on our moon. There are also no active volcanoes to cover matter over the formed craters.
There is no terrestrial planet without craters.
Earth has a protective bnaket of ozone layer. It is present in stratosphere.
No. Nothing protects a planet from craters. The atmosphere of Venus does give it some production, though, from asteroid and comet impacts, which form craters. Smaller objects will burn up or disintegrate before they can reach the surface. It does little to protect from large impacts, though.
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