Unlike the Earth, the Moon does not have an atmosphere, that is why asteroids reach its surface without losing substance as a result of atmospheric resistance. Therefore, the same asteroid will leave a much larger crater on the Moon than on Earth.
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The diameters of the craters on the moon range from several meters to more than 500 kilometers. The smallest of them could be formed by objects the size of a soccer ball or even smaller, while asteroids with a diameter of several hundred meters were needed to form the largest craters, the exact numbers are not known to science at the moment since the size of the crater also greatly depends on the relative speed asteroid and the Moon, and at the moment it is not possible to conduct a detailed analysis of the craters, rocks in them and the search for the remains of asteroids.
In the early stages of the moon’s existence, it was subjected to massive bombardment from all directions, since at that moment it was already quite far from Earth, the planet couldn’t even cover a part of the satellite from impacts, it only took on some of the asteroids.
Asteroids had a lot of free space to swirl around the Earth and not fall on it, but at the same time intersect with the Moon, so the side of the Moon visible from Earth is also densely dotted with craters.
However, due to the interaction of the Moon with the Earth, many craters on the visible side of the Moon were flooded with lava immediately after formation, and therefore they are now practically invisible to the naked eye.
