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Why do the moon and mercury have more meteor impacts then earth?
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What are the meteor impacts on the moon caused by?
the impacts affect the moon creations by: if the indents are shaped like rocks it might be a metier
Why is the moon full of craters but the earth is not?
The Moon's surface is heavily cratered because of of meteor impacts. Meteors are able to more commonly strike the Moon's surface than the Earth's surface because the Moon's atmosphere is not as strong as the Earth's, so less meteors burn up in the Moon's atmosphere than they do in the Earth's atmospheres. So the craters are simply the result of heavy meteor impacts. Answer #2 The moon has no weather to erode craters. Speculation is that the earth has been hit at least as many times as the moon because of our greater mass. Wind, water, and plate tectonics wipe out the evidence on earth.
What is the holes on the moon?
"What ARE the holes on the moon?" The 'holes' you see are not really that, but are craters caused by billions of meteor impacts since the moon's formation.
How far is the earths moon from mercury?
Varying from the the distance from the Earth to the Moon + the distance from the sun to the earth + the distance from mercury to the sun, to the distance from the earth to the sun - the distance from mercury to the sun - the distance from the earth to the moon
Is Mercury larger than the moon?
Mercury is larger. size of Mercury: 4879 km size of Earth's Moon: 3475 km
What planet is similar to Earth's moon?
The surface of Mercury is a bit like that of the moon. There is no real atmosphere as the planet is too close to the sun and is not massive enough. It is pitted with billions of craters, from meteor impacts. Since there is no atmosphere, there is no weather to errode the features away over time caused by the impacts.
What produced the craters in the moon?
Asteroid/meteor impacts.
What are the meteor impacts on the moon caused by?
the impacts affect the moon creations by: if the indents are shaped like rocks it might be a metier
Why is the moon full of craters but the earth is not?
The Moon's surface is heavily cratered because of of meteor impacts. Meteors are able to more commonly strike the Moon's surface than the Earth's surface because the Moon's atmosphere is not as strong as the Earth's, so less meteors burn up in the Moon's atmosphere than they do in the Earth's atmospheres. So the craters are simply the result of heavy meteor impacts. Answer #2 The moon has no weather to erode craters. Speculation is that the earth has been hit at least as many times as the moon because of our greater mass. Wind, water, and plate tectonics wipe out the evidence on earth.
What is the holes on the moon?
"What ARE the holes on the moon?" The 'holes' you see are not really that, but are craters caused by billions of meteor impacts since the moon's formation.
Common between mercury's surface and earth's moon surface?
The surface is pitted with meteor impact craters. See related links for pictorial
What do Earth's moon and Mercury's moon have in common?
Nothing. Mercury does not have a moon.
How are earth's moon and mercury's moons alike?
Mercury does not have a moon.
What is the surface features of mercury?
The surface of Mercury is a bit like that of the moon. There is no real atmosphere as the planet is too close to the sun and is not massive enough. It is pitted with billions of craters, from meteor impacts, though as there is to atmosphere, there is no weather to errode the features away over time.
Is the moon a meteor or make of the earth?
Its a Combination of both
Is mercury or the moon closer to earth's size?
Mercury is larger than the moon and so is closer in size to Earth than the moon is. It should be noted that Mercury is closer in size to the moon than it is to Earth.
What might be responsible for most of the craters on earth's moon?
The vast majority of lunar craters are caused by meteor impacts.
