i was just thinking about this question, and want to know if anyone knows. I mean wouldn't the metiorite still be in the hole... ? meaning, there wouldn't really be a hole, or crater?
any comments or answers are welcome! =)
2007-02-25 14:53:51 · 8 answers · asked by GIR 2 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Astronomy & Space
When a meteor hits a solid surface such as the face of the moon, or another planet, it is usually moving at such a quick velocity that the meteorite vaporizes on impacts, basically creating a huge explosion that sends shockwaves through the surface throwing a lot of moon dirt into the air that will eventually land around the crater to form the ejecta blanket. The central peak and the rim around the crater are just points at which the underlying ground was forced down, out, and up. To head off the eventual question of why we find meteorites on Earth is because the atmosphere around Earth will sometimes slow large enough objects enough that they will not completely vaporize on impact. The moon has no atmosphere, though if an object moved at less than the speed it required to vaporize, the meteorite would still exist.
2007-02-25 15:05:49 · answer #1 · answered by tim218_05 2 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Literally all over the place and space. When a mass-any mass- traveling at speeds of anywhere between 30000 to 100000 kilometers per hour comes to an abrupt stop by collision the tremendous kinetic energy has to be release. The temperatures reached at impact point run to 10s of thousands degrees Celsius At these temperatures all matter is vaporized. If the mass is small there is nothing left but atoms and. A larger mass might leave behind a rock which could be inside the crater or has bounced away great distances from impact depending on the angle at which it impacted. lot of the rocks scattered on the moon surface are just such rocks.
2007-02-25 19:56:54 · answer #2 · answered by The Stainless Steel Rat 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Some of the material of the meteor is ejected back into space and some is captured by the gravity of the moon. Very little of the material in the meteor remains near the crater. Little of the material that used to be in the hole is left near the crater. The energy involved in the collision of even a few kilogram meteor and the moon is very large.
2007-02-25 15:08:14 · answer #3 · answered by anonimous 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
nah nah your guys and gals got it all wrong. I mean where would you go if you hit a small moon? that's what you should ask yourself before posting all these scientific answers.
Well my answer is to find a Rather large band aid and some decent painkillers.
2007-02-25 17:06:26 · answer #4 · answered by Sorta Undead 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Nahhh...Your all Wrong!!!
When a Meteorite hits something...It bounces off and goes back where it came from!!!
2007-02-25 18:45:43 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
ya it would either be buried there or it would get destroyed or float off into space
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2007-02-25 16:11:28 · answer #6 · answered by Killercobra 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
They are pulverized by the impact.
2007-02-25 15:01:07 · answer #7 · answered by tranquility_base3@yahoo.com 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
burried in the dust or exploded
2007-02-25 15:02:19 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋