Selam Moonlet Formation
Simulated formation of Dinkinesh's moon Selam, identified as the first confirmed "contact binary" moon.
Simulated formation of Dinkinesh's moon Selam, identified as the first confirmed "contact binary" moon.
Artistic compilation of the sun, planets, dwarf planets, and the largest moons of our solar system. All planetary radii are to scale.
100-km depth contours outline the basic radial compositional structure of the planetary interiors of Earth, Mars, Venus, and Mercury.
The interiors of rocky planets and the Moon represented by 100-km depth contours outlining the basic compositional structure.
Global map of Moon topography. This digital elevation model (DEM) is based on data from the Lunar Orbiter Laser Altimeter (LOLA).