32. Are craters still being formed? (A K2S Question)

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They should be, as meteors are still hitting the Moon. There is no confirmed record of anyone seeing a meteor impact create a new crater on the Moon, but the seismographs left by the Apollo astronauts have detected hundred of meteor impacts on the lunar surface. http://images.jsc.nasa.gov/luceneweb/caption_direct.jsp?photoId=S72-37259 (See CDROM)

Answer provided by Thomas Matula, Ph.D. & Kenneth J. Murphy


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