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Do all planets have craters in them?

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Visibly - all of the terrestrial planets. Mercury, Venus, Earth and Mars. The Jovian, or gaseous planets have no solid surface on which to create a crater, but they can still show scars.

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the inner planets do, they really cant see the outer planets b/c they are gaseous

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The planets that have crater in order from the sun are:

Mercury, Venus, Earth, & Mars. But their moon[s] have craters to.

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Many planets, but if you don't include pluto, Mercury is the main cratered planet

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mercury

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