ELI5: Why is moon so full of craters but earth isnt. Submitted by Stoghra t3_z72zob on November 28, 2022 at 5:45 PM in explainlikeimfive 28 comments 4
wachseln t1_iy4ehqr wrote on November 28, 2022 at 5:49 PM Well for one thing the earth does have craters, but they’re often underwater, but the earth also has a thick atmosphere (compared to the moon’s) which breaks up most of the asteroids before they can do much damage to the surface of earth. Permalink 13
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