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Why are impact craters evident on terrestrial objects but not on outer planets?

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Impact craters dominate the surfaces of Mercury and Earth's Moon. Both bodies lack liquid water on their surface that would erode impact craters over time. They also lack an atmosphere which, on planets like Earth and Venus, could disintegrate meteroids before they impact the surface.

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