SOLAR SYSTEM

Detailed explanation-1: -These craters formed when rocks or comets from space smashed into the surface of the Moon. The impact was so powerful that it pulverized the ground – creating what we call regolith – and sprayed it out to form those ejecta rays.

Detailed explanation-2: -The lunar maria (/ˈmɑːri.ə/ MAR-ee-ə; SG mare /ˈmɑːreɪ/ MAR-ay) are large, dark, basaltic plains on Earth’s Moon, formed by ancient asteroid impacts on the far side on the Moon that triggered volcanic activity on the opposite (near) side.

Detailed explanation-3: -Craters are the most common surface features on many solid planets and moons-Mercury and our Moon are covered with craters. This portion of the Moon is covered by numerous circular holes. These are impact craters, each of which was formed when an asteroid or comet collided with the Moon’s surface.

Detailed explanation-4: -The largest and oldest impact crater in the Solar system is believed to be on the Moon, and it is called the South Pole-Aitken basin, but we cannot see it from Earth because it is on the far side of the Moon.

Detailed explanation-5: -The Moon’s surface has many craters, all of which were formed by impacts. The International Astronomical Union currently recognizes 9, 137 craters, of which 1, 675 have been dated.

Detailed explanation-6: -However, in 1892, American geologist G.K. Gilbert postulated that craters on the Moon were formed by objects in space impacting the surface of the Moon. Gilbert used experimentation and his keen observations of debris fields to arrive at his conclusions.