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To: MtnClimber
"Wow, it has seen many meteorite impacts!"
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One of them was a good-sized bit of something, going by this pic of Mimas.

9 posted on 03/17/2017 7:44:57 PM PDT by LouieFisk
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To: LouieFisk

That's No Moon!!!

18 posted on 03/17/2017 8:16:43 PM PDT by xp38
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To: LouieFisk

Most moons have no atmosphere to erode away impact craters, or to burn up even small meteors before they collide. As a result, they tend to be riddled with impact craters unless they are covered in ice. Our moon is about 50 times bigger, so its impact craters don’t seem as large in comparison to itself.


27 posted on 03/17/2017 9:16:00 PM PDT by dangus
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