Why does the moon have so many craters when Earth doesn’t have, even though Earth’s gravity is stronger and it should be the one attracting the comets?

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Why does the moon have so many craters when Earth doesn’t have, even though Earth’s gravity is stronger and it should be the one attracting the comets?

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off-topic, but absolutely fascinating fact that I learned from Neil DeGrasse Tyson

early astronomers were baffled by how all the craters on the moon are circular and not tear-drop, because they realized there was no way in hell everything that hit the moon would’ve hit it square on

turns out, it’s because when meteors impact celestial bodies at the speed they’re going, they obliterate into energy, and the explosion of matter turning into energy creates a bigger footprint than the impact itself

side fact: that’s why ICBMs only carry nuclear warheads. because the obliteration of the rocket on impact would produce a larger explosion than a conventional warhead