Would you be able to hear a meteorite if it crashed on the moon from earth?

Answer 1

No you would not be able to hear a meteorite hit the moon because in order to

hear sound, sound waves must travel through some kind of physical material,

which we call the 'medium'. The medium we're most accustomed to is air, but

sound also travels quite well through wood, metal, rock, etc. Space contains

no air and no other material at all, so there's no medium that sound waves can

travel through.

For the same reason, you couldn't hear a meteorite landing on the moon even

if you were standing right next to it on the moon. Also, if an average meteorite

hits the Earth more than a few miles from where you're standing, you can't hear

that either.

Answer 2

Easily. A meteorite is a piece of rock or metal that has landed on Earth. So you can go and see one in a museum if you would like to. When they are still in space such objects are called meteoroids or asteroids depending on the size. Asteroids are usually too small to be seen without a telescope unless they pass very close to Earth.

Answer 3

No, as sound cannot travel through the vacuum of space. If any fragments hit the Earth, however, we could certainly hear the sound of the impact.

Answer 4

Because sound requires a medium to travel through, sound cannot travel through space because space is a vacuum. Therefore a sound produced on the moon could not travel to earth.

Answer 5

No because the moon is to far away :)