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Why will a footprint last forever on the moon?

There is no air or water on the moon, therefore nothing to erase it.


How long does an astronaut's footprint stay on the moon?

I think it's forever or millions of years


How can you make a footprint on the moon?

To make a footprint on the moon, you would need to visit the moon's surface wearing special space suits that allow you to walk on the lunar terrain. The lack of atmosphere on the moon means that footprints can last for a very long time due to the absence of wind and erosion. The Apollo astronauts made footprints on the moon during their missions in the late 1960s and early 1970s.


Why does a footprint last longer on the moon than it does on Earth?

The moon has no atmosphere and no weather. Here on Earth, a footprint is likely to be washed away by rain or blown away by wind; on the moon those things do not happen. We also have other disruptive influences in Earth, including plant and animal life, earthquakes and volcanoes. Those do not exist on the moon.


If an astronaut trod on the moon would his footprint vanish?

Only if it were to be disturbed my a meteorite impact, otherwise it will last until the moon is destroyed, along with the Earth, when the sun expands and swallows both.


Why do foot prints last for hundreds of years?

You might mean on the moon. There is no wind or rain to erode the footprint on the moon, that's why it can last up to billions of years.


How can a footprint remain perfect on the moon for millions of years?

There is no wind or anything. The atmospheric conditions of the moon are unimaginably different than those of Earth.


Will the moon stay forever?

Unfortunately, our moon, Luna, isn't staying forever. Each year, the moon moves further away from the Earth 3 cm. every year.


How long does a new moon last how many hours?

A "new moon" does not last at all. The phases of the moon as we see them are simply caused by the casting of the earth's shadow on the moon, thereby making only the lighted part visible, and this changes constantly as everything rotates. (Keep in mind we only see the moon after dark, which means the sun is on one side of the earth and the moon is on the other side - our side...therefore, our shadow is cast upon the moon.) Romantically speaking, the new moon seems to last a few days after its actual occurrance, but this depends more on how long you want it to last than on actual visual evidence. If you are in love, any phase of the moon can last forever.


How long will the moon last for?

a very long time, probably forever.


If footprints are left on the moon will the stay on the moon forever?

No. But they will be there for a long, long time. Forever is just that - forever. And they won't last that long. You're on the right track, though. There is no atmosphere on the moon, and it is geologically "dead" as we generally see it. No erosion will be taking place. The moon is subject to strikes by space rocks though, so any one of them could erase a footprint or two. Or even all of them if it was a really big rock. And have you seen the size of some of those craters on the moon? Hundreds of miles across! Eventually, the sun will expand, and it will destroy all the surface features of both the earth and moon. And it will swallow the earth and the moon totally after that. Everything that is here will eventually be converted into plasma. But the footprints will be long gone before that happens.


What was left behind on moon?

a footprint