Timeline for Why isn't the moon's surface made of mini craters?
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| Dec 21, 2020 at 0:00 | history | tweeted | twitter.com/StackAstronomy/status/1340809248255713280 | ||
| Dec 18, 2020 at 12:48 | vote | accept | bandybabboon | ||
| Dec 17, 2020 at 15:36 | answer | added | planetmaker | timeline score: 6 | |
| Dec 17, 2020 at 15:19 | comment | added | bandybabboon | The top photograph is what I naively imagine the moon would look like based on the size distribution of space rocks. Account taken of the dispersion of dust by big meteorites, I suppose that 1000 tiny meteorites land after every sizeable one... I'm wondering why the moon surface wouldnt easily present a random array of exotic rocks as those that occur on asteroids. | |
| Dec 17, 2020 at 14:08 | comment | added | jng224 | There are many craters on the moon. I would suspect that the second photo doesn't show an area large enough for craters to be visible | |
| Dec 17, 2020 at 13:37 | comment | added | ProfRob | Could you explain how the top photograph was made? I doubt it accurately simulates particles sequentially impacting the lunar surface at ~30 km/s from a variety of angles in a low gravity environment. You also have to consider the spectrum of sizes of the impactors and whether any resurfacing has occured since the impacts. | |
| Dec 17, 2020 at 12:44 | history | edited | bandybabboon | CC BY-SA 4.0 |
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| Dec 17, 2020 at 12:35 | history | asked | bandybabboon | CC BY-SA 4.0 |