Moon and Earth. Computer artwork of the Earth rising behind the moon. The Moon, with a diameter of 3475 kilometres (a quarter of that of the Earth), a

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Moon and Earth. Computer artwork of the Earth rising behind the moon. The Moon, with a diameter of 3475 kilometres (a quarter of that of the Earth), appears larger here because the Earth is at a distance of 385,000 kilometres. The Moon is a heavily cratered, barren and airless rocky world.

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Size: 3456px × 5053px
Photo credit: © VICTOR de SCHWANBERG/SCIENCE PHOTO LIBRARY / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No

Keywords: artwork, astronomical, astronomy, barren, crater, cratered, craters, earth, illustration, moon, planet, planetary, rising, rocky, science, solar, space, star, starry, surface, system