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Originally posted by JPhish
there's something inside of that crater, and it appears to be taller than the crater is deep.
Very impressive collection. Some of these are very interesting.
[edit on 9/22/2009 by JPhish]
Originally posted by richierichHow else to explain the fact that even huge craters are no deeper than the small ones? The force of a large impacting rock would tend to create a very deep craterm but no matter how big, on the moon they are never deeper than the small ones.
...Why would one side of the Moon have lots more craters...
Originally posted by ArMaP
Originally posted by richierichHow else to explain the fact that even huge craters are no deeper than the small ones? The force of a large impacting rock would tend to create a very deep craterm but no matter how big, on the moon they are never deeper than the small ones.
The "official" explanation is that a bigger impact releases so much energy that it melts the meteor and the place where it hit, so that's why bigger craters have a shallow and flat surface.
Originally posted by richierich
I hope you and others will not swallow that nonsense. The release of energy from a large object does NOT abate just because it is bigger!! Amazing what silly foolishness the NASA drones will spew.
Look at Meteor Crater out west in the USA...why is it so deep? According to your answer, it should be no deeper than s amll one that was impacted by a much smaller object, right? Well, it is not!!
The ONLY explanation that makes any sense is this: There is a layer on the moons surface that goes the same depth all the way around the moon.
The next time someone tells you that small objects do as much damage as large ones, tell them that there is no evidence for that theory, and that such has never been observed in all of history...it goes against all that is known about physics.
Originally posted by richierich
The moon craters are all the same depth...
there is NO evidence that asteroids 'melt' upon impact, especially on a moon where the atmosphere is almost nil..heat makes it melt, and without atmosphere melting is almost impossible.
Where is the science behind the silly thought that bigger asteroids melt rather than damage? Where is it? It does not exist. That means that I am likley correct, and should be assumed so until proven otherwise.