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Moon Formation: Collision of Theia with earth

auteur: Ron Miller/Novapix

référence: a-lun99-00025

Image Size 300 DPI: 14 * 12 cm

4.5 billion years ago. The big splat. The impact peels the earth like an orange. Titanic masses of material from both planets are thrown into space. The core of Theia eventually sinks to the center of our planet, where it remains to this day.

Keywords for this photo:

ASTRONOMY - COLLISION - EARTH - EARTH FROM SPACE - FORMATION - ILLUSTRATION - IMPACT - MOON - PLANET - PRECAMBRIAN - PRIMITIVE EARTH - SATELLITE - THEIA -