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Formation of Aitken Basin on the Moon

author: Ron Miller/Novapix

reference: a-lun99-00110

Image Size 300 DPI: 25 * 32 cm

An asteroid smashes into the moon forming one of the largest impact crater known in the solar system, the South pole Aitken basin (2500 km wide, 13 km of depth).

Keywords for this photo:

ASTEROID - ASTRONOMY - COLLISION - CRATER - EARTH - EARTH FROM SPACE - FORMATION - ILLUSTRATION - IMPACT - IMPACT CRATER - METEORITE - MOON - SATELLITE - SOUTH POLE -