To find your age on the outer planets (Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune, and Pluto), divide your age in Earth years by the approximate length of the planet’s year in Earth years. This is your “new” age. For example, a 20 year old on Earth would only be 1.7 years old on Jupiter because 20 / 12 = 1.7.
Q. Why are there so few visible craters on the Earth especially compared to the moon?
Why does the Moon have so many craters while Earth has so few? On Earth, impact craters are harder to recognize because of weathering and erosion of its surface. The Moon lacks water, an atmosphere, and tectonic activity, three forces that erode Earth’s surface and erase all but the most recent impacts.
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- Q. Why are there so few visible craters on the Earth especially compared to the moon?
- Q. Why are impact craters more common on the moon?
- Q. Why does the far side of the moon have more craters than the near side?
- Q. How does counting craters help us estimate the age of a moon’s surface?
- Q. How many types of craters are there?
- Q. What is the biggest crater on the moon?
- Q. What do moon craters look like?
Q. Why are impact craters more common on the moon?
Meteorite craters are more common on the Moon and Mars and on other planets and natural satellites than on Earth, because most meteorites either burn up in Earth’s atmosphere before reaching its surface or erosion soon obscures the impact site. …
Q. Why does the far side of the moon have more craters than the near side?
The real reason there are more impact craters on the far side of the Moon is that the near side has a much thinner crust which has allowed volcanoes to erupt and fill in ancient large basins (or large impact craters).
Q. How does counting craters help us estimate the age of a moon’s surface?
The ages of the surfaces of objects in the solar system can be estimated by counting craters: on a given world, a more heavily cratered region will generally be older than one that is less cratered. In this way, we have estimated the age of the Moon and Earth to be roughly 4.5 billion years.
Q. How many types of craters are there?
three
Q. What is the biggest crater on the moon?
South Pole-Aitken basin
Q. What do moon craters look like?
Simple craters like Moltke (which is 6.5 km in diameter and 1.3 km deep), have a smooth bowl-like shape with smooth walls. Most small craters less than about 15 km in diameter are simple craters. For a details map of the Moon’s surface with craters, see Google Moon.