They do, but extremely slowly. There is no atmosphere or liquid water on the Moon, meaning no wind, rivers, waves, or blowing dust to erode the craters. There is also no volcanic activity or tectonic action to erase them as on Earth.
Many more craters have been obliterated by subsequent impacts than by slowly crumbling away. Some craters are hundreds of millions of years old, and have many smaller craters within them.
They do, but very slowly. There is no atmosphere or liquid water on the Moon, meaning no wind, waves, or blowing dust to erode the craters. There is also no volcanic activity or tectonic action to erase them as on Earth. Many more craters have been obliterated by subsequent impacts than by slowly crumbling away. Some craters are hundreds of millions of years old.
Unlike Earth, the moon has no geologic activity, not atmosphere, and no water to erode, bury, or otherwise destroy craters. Except for newer impact craters, the moon's surface has changed relatively little since soon after its formation while none of Earth's original surface is still intact.
They last much longer than that. Some of the moon's craters are billions of years old. They last so long because there is nothing to erase them. Earth has wind, water glaciers, volcanoes, and tectonic plates to bury, erode, and erase craters. The moon has none of these processes. Some refer to the moon as geologically dead.
Craters on the moon are not volcanic, they are impact craters.
I think there are called craters. I thinks so dont take my word for it.
Earth is geologically active and has wind and water to erode craters. The moon is geologically dead and has no atmosphere and thus no erosion. There is nothing on the moon to destroy impact craters.
Impact craters on the moon have no water/weather to erode the craters away, but on Earth the erosion erases the craters over time.
The moon has no atmosphere, liquid water, or plate tectonics and little volcanic activity or bury, erode, and southwester destroy impact craters.
Mercury has no atmosphere and no surface fluids, so there is nothing to erode the craters.
They do, but very slowly. There is no atmosphere or liquid water on the Moon, meaning no wind, waves, or blowing dust to erode the craters. There is also no volcanic activity or tectonic action to erase them as on Earth. Many more craters have been obliterated by subsequent impacts than by slowly crumbling away. Some craters are hundreds of millions of years old.
Anyone can see craters on the moon. All you have to do is look at it when it's in the sky. There are billions of craters on the lunar surface with more being added almost daily. There will always be craters on the moon because there is no atmosphere to erode them. The lunar craters only form of erosion is from solar bombardment and being hit by another object.
Some of the mountains on the Moon appear to be natural formations. Unlike Earth, where wind and rain erode mountains and hillsides, the vacuum of the Moon keeps every feature pristine. The only things that affects the Lunar surface are meteors. Millions of meteor impact craters speckle the entire face of the Moon. Craters on craters IN craters; probably 3.5 billion years worth of lunar impact craters has made the Moon what we see today.
Unlike Earth, the moon has no geologic activity, not atmosphere, and no water to erode, bury, or otherwise destroy craters. Except for newer impact craters, the moon's surface has changed relatively little since soon after its formation while none of Earth's original surface is still intact.
The craters are preserved as there is nothing to erode them.
They last much longer than that. Some of the moon's craters are billions of years old. They last so long because there is nothing to erase them. Earth has wind, water glaciers, volcanoes, and tectonic plates to bury, erode, and erase craters. The moon has none of these processes. Some refer to the moon as geologically dead.
The Earth has had far more asteroid and meteorite impacts than the moon. Impact craters on Earth however are eroded by the atmosphere and water and also filled in by water and sediment. Since the moon has next to no atmosphere craters tend not to erode so they will always be visable.
At one time Mars had a thicker atmosphere and what appears as free running fluids on its surface. Over time, these things erode away surface features such as craters.