Then Why does it have craters on the side thats facing the earth?
2007-10-26 19:07:45 · 9 answers · asked by Anonymous in Science & Mathematics ➔ Astronomy & Space
the moon must of had impacts....i mean that's what a crater is isint it???...Well...I'm sayin is the moon is basically allways looking at us earth...was earth really pissed off generations ago and like threw a rock at the moon.....how could a crater hit the moon if earth is in the way......I mean there basically very round circles.
2007-10-26 19:20:21 · update #1
ever played golf?
hit a few balls toward the hole, some go straight in, some hit the edge and curve away, some circle the hole a bit, then plunk inside.
the moon's gravity is like a hole. objects aimed at the moon may come straight at it and strike it and these have a chance to be blocked by the earth, but every other angle of trajectory will not be blocked.
its possible that an object could approach the far side of the moon, circle around it and STILL strike the nearside.
2007-10-26 23:39:16 · answer #1 · answered by Faesson 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
While the Earth does protect the near side of the Moon, it is not completely protected. There are relatively few craters on the near side compared to the far side. You can see see the huge difference between the two sides on the website below.
2007-10-27 02:41:25 · answer #2 · answered by John B 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The Earth isn't offering that much protection to the Moon. Look up at the Moon one night and see what a tiny part of the sky it takes up. A meteor coming from anywhere else in that huge expanse of sky has an uninterrupted path straight to where you are standing, right? Well, from the Moon the Earth only appears four times larger than the Moon looks from here. That still leaves an awful lot of open sky for impactors to come from.
2007-10-27 16:55:09 · answer #3 · answered by Jason T 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
lol.. because craters are formed the same way the other side of the moon is cratered... the way that the moon faces the earth by rotating and revolving in same rate doesnt effect the craters..
2007-10-27 02:12:09 · answer #4 · answered by harvs 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
long ago the moon was spinning much faster, so each part of the moon got to face outward and get the majority of meteor impacts. Over the years, tidal forces (look up "the moon" on wikipedia for an explanation) caused the moon's spin to slow down, till the point that it was in synchronous rotation, as it is today.
2007-10-27 02:40:24 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
actually this is because, most of the craters we see are the original craters from all the little fragments. because the mood has not had any major impacts in the recent past
2007-10-27 02:14:41 · answer #6 · answered by DeepBlue 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
yap moon is always looking at earth because core, the center of earth, is the reason why we are not floating and it core also pull the moon........ in short the core is like a magnet... and scientist believe that without moon earth will be out of control because nothing will support the earth anymore....
it have craters because the moon is made up of stars and while the moon is forming stars are beginning to explode on the moon........
sorry i cant really express myself in english.... for short, i have no charisma....
2007-10-27 03:22:46 · answer #7 · answered by XFNET 2 · 0⤊ 2⤋
Good question.
The moon does rotate, it just rotates at a speed in which everytime we see it, it is the same. It might look slightly different in different hemispheres.
2007-10-27 02:13:02 · answer #8 · answered by JJJJJJJJJJJJJJ 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
If the moon were made of spare ribs would ya eat it? I know I would.
2007-10-27 04:56:44 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋