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Nersha
@nershacreave.bsky.social

its crazy that the side of the moon with all the dark patches is the one tidelocked to face the earth, the "dark side" is kinda boring in comparison and isn't even all that dark. is there any particular reason for that, i wonder?

Bob_Twomas: 'X' escapee.
@bob-twomas.bsky.social

Alternatively most hits probably happened before the Moon pointed the same face to us all the time and fewer impacts came from the 'Earth' side? But that falls apart because of the Moon's monthly rotation making it face all ways once every month??

Bob_Twomas: 'X' escapee.
@bob-twomas.bsky.social

Since the Moon rotates around us you'd expect it'd be hit by a similar number of objects in all directions, yet the side nearest us seems to be far more common? My theory is that our Earth with it's greater gravity pulls moving objects in our direction & those that miss us hit the Moon 'behind us'.

Nersha
@nershacreave.bsky.social

except that the dark patches are not made by normal meteorites, they are remnants of massive ancient craters filled with lava from under broken crust. but why only on one side and yet so many of them?

Bob_Twomas: 'X' escapee.
@bob-twomas.bsky.social

It's the Oceanus Procellarum, a lunar 'ocean'. The bright spot is the impact crater Aristarchus which is deeper than our grand canyon! It's brighter because it is much 'younger' than the ocean surface (450m y) and so has not yet had time to become 'weathered' by sunlight or dust from other impacts.