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?

Question

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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Answer 1

Three reasons:

1) The atmosphere. Only the bigger rocks can punch through it to even create a crater

EDIT:1.5) Oceans. They’re 70% of the earth’s surface. If a meteorite manages to make a crater on the ocean’s floor, it goddamn earned it.

2) Erosion. Surface features on earth get worn away. Mountains get turned to sand, depressions filled sediment. A lot of craters are actually still there (like the famous dinosaur killer Chicxulub crater), but invisible to the naked eye. I guess this is also 2.5) vegetation and water.

3) Plate tectonics. A lot of craters don’t exist anymore, because the crust they were punched into doesn’t exist anymore.

The moon lacks all of those. Any feature on it’s surface will stay there.