Moon Formation After Impact (IMAGE)

Yale University

Moon Formation After Impact

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The image is a snapshot of numerical modeling of the moon formation by a giant impact. Proto-Earth is at the center; red points indicate materials from the ocean of magma on a proto-Earth; blue points indicate the impactor materials.

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Hosono, Karato, Makino & Saitoh

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