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When did the craters get on mercury?
The craters on Mercury, like those on other planetary bodies, formed over billions of years from impacts by asteroids and comets. The majority of Mercury's craters were likely formed during the early history of the solar system, roughly between 4.5 to 3.5 billion years ago.
Why has Mercury been called a dartboard for solar debris?
Mercury is called a dartboard for solar debris because it has a heavily cratered surface due to impacts from asteroids and comets. Its proximity to the sun means it is more likely to be hit by these objects, causing its surface to resemble a dartboard with numerous impact craters.
How did the asteroid belt get into space?
The asteroid belt is made up of remnants of material that never formed into a planet due to the gravitational influence of Jupiter preventing their accretion into a larger body. These asteroids have been orbiting the Sun for billions of years, and are believed to be remnants from the early solar system.
Are there any satellites on mercury?
No, there are no natural or artificial satellites known to orbit Mercury. Mercury is the smallest planet in our solar system, and its proximity to the Sun makes it less likely to have captured a moon compared to other planets.
Why are asteroids observed at the distances of the gaps in the asteroid belt?
A gap is located at an average orbital distance, and asteroid orbits often have large eccentricities. Edit: These are the "Kirkwood gaps" and they are caused by the effect of Jupiter's gravity on the asteroids. I've not deleted the previous answer, but I don't think it helps much. The gaps are in the distribution of the values of the semi-major axes of the orbits of asteroids rather than particular places in space. So orbital eccentricities can't be the explanation. I think it's simply because asteroids stray into the Kirkwood gaps under various gravitational forces. But these orbits are not stable and asteroids will tend to be cleared away again, eventually.
What planet has scraps on its surface?
Mercury has a surface that contains scraps. These scraps are likely remnants of impacts from asteroids and comets that have struck the planet over its history.
Which of these objects would most likely be found between Mars and Jupiter?
Asteroids
When did the craters get on mercury?
The craters on Mercury, like those on other planetary bodies, formed over billions of years from impacts by asteroids and comets. The majority of Mercury's craters were likely formed during the early history of the solar system, roughly between 4.5 to 3.5 billion years ago.
The surfaces of planet Mercury and your moon contain some very large craters that are most likely the result of?
meteorite impacts during their formation. The lack of atmosphere on Mercury and the moon allows asteroids and meteoroids to directly impact the surface, creating large craters due to the high velocity and energy of these collisions.
What object is least likely to have a spherical shape?
Mercury has about the most perfectly spherical shape, but Saturn has the leastspherical shape (next least spherical is Jupiter).
What is the most likely explanation for the results in the graph?
What is the most likely explanation for the results in the graph?
Are asteroids likely to hit earth?
i dont think so
How will I find Mercury From A bottle of Syrup?
One good argument against the use of High Fructose Corn Syrup is that it has been found to contain mercury. Although no explanation of how the mercury was found, it's highly likely that it was found through spectral analysis. Further none of the studies seem to discuss how much mercury was found in how much syrup.
Where would you most likely find?
The largest collection of asteroids is found orbiting the Sun between orbits of Mars and Jupiter, This area is sometimes called the "asteroid belt". Think about it this way: the asteroid belt is a big highway in a circle around the Sun. The asteroids are like cars on the highway, except that they are thousands of miles apart on the average. Even so, sometimes the asteroid cars run into one another. When this happens, the asteroids may break up into smaller asteroids. Scientists think that most asteroids are the result of collisions between larger rocky space bodies. Asteroids can be a few feet to several hundred miles wide. The belt probably contains at least 40,000 asteroids that are more than 0.5 miles across. If an asteroid is disturbed by the gravitational pull of a planet, or is involved in a collision, it can be thrown out of the belt and go into orbit as a moon. Some of Jupiter's many small moons were likely once asteroids.
How are moon and asteroids alike and different?
Both asteroids and moons can be rocky. An asteroid orbits the Sun while a moon orbits a planet. Mars has two moons (Deimos and Phobos) that are most likely former asteroids.
Do asteroids have caverns?
Hardly likely. They are just inert lumps of igneous rock.
Why has Mercury been called a dartboard for solar debris?
Mercury is called a dartboard for solar debris because it has a heavily cratered surface due to impacts from asteroids and comets. Its proximity to the sun means it is more likely to be hit by these objects, causing its surface to resemble a dartboard with numerous impact craters.
