The majority of asteroids that have impacted with the Moon did so during the Late Heavy Bombardment 3.8 to 4.1billion years ago. Asteroids can still hit the Moon today although much less frequently then in the past.
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Asteroids hit the moon because the moon lacks a protective atmosphere like Earth's that can burn up or break apart incoming objects. Over time, the moon's surface has been bombarded by asteroid impacts due to the lack of atmospheric protection.
No, Triton is not an asteroid. Triton is the largest moon of the planet Neptune. It is a unique moon in our solar system because it orbits Neptune in the opposite direction of the planet's rotation.
Dactyl is a moon of the asteroid Ida located in the asteroid belt.
No. Titan is Saturn's largest moon. It is larger than the planet Mercury and would be considered a planet if it had its own orbit around the sun.
No. The moon is large enough that even a collision with the solar system's largest asteroid would not destroy it.
Many asteroids have hit the moon. That's why it's covered in craters.
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yes but that would add energy to the moon's orbit
An asteroid had hit Earth and knocked of a chunk that is now called the moon.
Asteroids hit the moon because the moon lacks a protective atmosphere like Earth's that can burn up or break apart incoming objects. Over time, the moon's surface has been bombarded by asteroid impacts due to the lack of atmospheric protection.
That's right; Ceres is the largest asteroid.
No, Triton is not an asteroid. Triton is the largest moon of the planet Neptune. It is a unique moon in our solar system because it orbits Neptune in the opposite direction of the planet's rotation.
No. An asteroid can get captured by an asteroid and become a moon, but not the moon. Our moon is too large to be considered an asteroid.
The first confirmed case of an asteroid orbiting another asteroid is the asteroid Ida which is orbited by a smaller asteroid orbiting it called Dactyl; other asteroid moons have been found since.
No, Ceres is not a moon. It is the largest object in the asteroid belt between Mars and Jupiter and is classified as a dwarf planet. Moons are natural satellites that orbit planets, while Ceres is a dwarf planet that orbits the Sun directly.
i believe but first I'm not a scientist's believe that when the asteroid hit earth when that day of extinction for dinosaurs yes the asteroid spread-ed almost a million kilometers but its weird how one small or maybe bigger one country or state wasn't covered by the fire....its possible that that little piece that survived was at the bottom of the earth.....what do u think if u disagree with me???????