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Moon Accretion

author: Ron Miller/Novapix

reference: a-lun99-00027

Image Size 300 DPI: 53 * 35 cm

The surface of the nascent moon was largely molten as it formed from the accreting ring material. In the distance is the slowly healing earth.

Keywords for this photo:

ASTEROID - ASTRONOMY - COLLISION - EARTH - EARTH FROM SPACE - FORMATION - ILLUSTRATION - IMPACT - METEORITE - MOON - PLANET - POSTER - PRECAMBRIAN - PRIMITIVE EARTH - RING - SATELLITE -