It doesn't have to be exactly and you don't have to count the little itsty-bitsy ones.
2007-01-24 10:01:31 · 14 answers · asked by Flippy510 2 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Astronomy & Space
Or how many craters on the Earth itself, I don't really care. Just specify which body you're talking about.
2007-01-24 10:43:54 · update #1
NO Useless things!!!
2007-01-24 10:45:14 · update #2
The surface of the moon is scarred with millions of impact craters. They range in size but most have diameters less than about 10 miles. There are over 40 impact basins. An impact basin is an impact crater that has a rim diameter bigger than 185 miles. Schrodinger is one of the youngest impact basins on the Moon with a diameter of 200 miles.
2007-01-24 10:20:00 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
There have only been 120 craters recognized on the moon. There is no telling how many craters are really on the moon. A better question would be, who would count all of those craters?
2007-01-24 10:12:06 · answer #2 · answered by coinman090388 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The number of craters on the moon is uncountable, because no matter how much you magnify the moon you will still see more craters, the smallest being so small that they are invisible to the unaided eye. The crater pattern is a fractal!
2007-01-24 16:53:24 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
It depends on where you draw the line between genuine crater and itsy-bitsy. Impossible to answer. It's like asking how many rocks there are on Earth.
2007-01-24 10:09:04 · answer #4 · answered by gamblin man 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
The NASA Catalog of Lunar Nomenclature lists 8479 craters on the Moon with names or other designations. This is, obviously, a small fraction of the total.
2007-01-24 10:19:21 · answer #5 · answered by Keith P 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Too many to count. It's like asking to count grains of sand. There are some that cover over others.
2007-01-24 10:09:17 · answer #6 · answered by thenextchamp919 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Maybe too many to Count!!!
2007-02-01 04:50:13 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
You will have to wait for this answer we are still counting.
2007-01-25 00:24:04 · answer #8 · answered by Billy Butthead 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
a whole lot! too many to count!
2007-02-01 09:52:15 · answer #9 · answered by mama L 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
A bunch?
2007-01-24 10:06:58 · answer #10 · answered by 1ofSelby's 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋