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The craters are named after seas because scientist believed that there are seas before on the moon base on the craters depth but are now crystallized.
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How did the moon craters get their names?
The craters are named after seas because scientists believed in the past that they were dried up oceans.
What are the moon holes name?
The holes in the moon are called craters. To find the name of famous moon craters go to wikipedia.
How did the Luna Mare form?
The Mare are flooded (by volcanic erupted basalt) impact craters. While the interior of the Moon was still hot an molten, asteroid or comets hit the moon and created impact craters. Lava from the Moon's interior then welled up to flood these craters, making the Mare (which means 'seas').
How many eruptions did Craters of the Moon have?
Craters on the moon are not volcanic, they are impact craters.
Why does the Moon's surface look like it does?
The moons surface is covered with craters, caused by asteroid collisions early in the history of the solar system. The large dark patches on the moon, are seas of lava that flowed out of the moon's interior, filled the impact craters, and cooled to solid rock.
What does moon have?
mountains ,craters and seas
Why did Galileo think the moon was covered with seas?
He thought it was covered in seas because of the craters on the moon.
How did the moon craters get their names?
The craters are named after seas because scientists believed in the past that they were dried up oceans.
What are the broad flat plains on the moon?
The darker, roughly flat, plains of the Moon are called 'seas.'
Stuff that the moon has that the earth doesn't?
The moon has many craters, and it does not have the atmosphere that the Earth has. There are lunar seas known as maria on the moon.
What are the moon holes name?
The holes in the moon are called craters. To find the name of famous moon craters go to wikipedia.
Why does the moon have craters an the earth does not?
The Earth does have craters, but because of the seas and vegetation on land, they are not as noticeable. However there are some that are very noticeable, like the famous one in Arizona. Craters on Earth and the Moon are caused by impacts of meteorites.
What are craters and maria?
Craters are formed when space debris collides with a body such as a planet or a moon, material is ejected to form a large cavity on the surface. Maria is the name of the dark areas on the moons surface, originally thought to be seas, but is now known to be ancient lava plains.
What different surfaces does the moon have?
The moon has plains,mountains,and many craters. The moon also has unactive volcanoes and dark spots called seas.
Why are there so few craters on the maria?
The maria are the craters. I believe it was Galileo who saw the dark spots on the moon and thought that they were seas, which is why he called them maria ("mar" being Latin for sea). Since then, advancements have been made in astronomy which have shown that the maria are not seas, but craters.
What is the name of the things that hit the moon to make the craters?
The craters on the moon were formed by the impacts of asteroids and comets.
What are the hole names?
The holes in the moon are called craters. To find the name of famous moon craters go to wikipedia.
