Artwork showing formation of the Moon
Bildnummer 14080156
| Stages in the formation of the Earth-Moon system. The Earth had recently formed (4600 million years ago) when it was struck by a large protoplanet, sometimes dubbed Theia, roughly three times the mass of Mars. Theia and Earth were completely obliterated by the oblique impact, which created a donut-shaped cloud of molten rock and gas called a synestia. In time the centre of this coalesced to form the new Earth, while the remaining debris formed the Moon, at a distance roughly one-tenth of where it is today. | |
| Lizenzart: | Lizenzfrei |
| Credit: | Science Photo Library / Garlick, Mark |
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