File:Moon structure.svg

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English: The inner structure of the Moon (from innermost): core (yellow, r=160km), primitive mantle (orange, r=1188km), depleted mantle (blue, r=1670km), crust (grey, r=1738km)
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Prototyped with PovRay, manually traced and post-processed with Illustrator.

 
This image was created with POV-Ray.
 
This vector image was created with Adobe Illustrator by v.

PovRay source code:

#include "colors.inc"
#include "shapes.inc"

background {
  color White
}

camera {
  location <18, 20, -30>
  look_at  <0, 0, 0>
}

light_source { <5, 30, -40> color White }

// Core
sphere {
  <0, 0, 0>, 3.5
  texture {
    pigment { color Red }
  }
}

// Primitive Mantle
difference{
  sphere {
    <0, 0, 0>, 11.88
    texture {
      pigment { color Yellow }
    }
  }
  prism {
    linear_spline
    0, // height 1
    20, // height 2
    3, // the number of points making up the shape...
    <0,0>,<-18.01,20>,<2.5,20>
    rotate y*180
    translate -0.01*y
    pigment { color Yellow }
  }
}

// Depleted Mantle
difference{
  sphere {
    <0, 0, 0>, 16.70
    texture {
      pigment { color Green }
    }
  }
  prism {
    linear_spline
    0, // height 1
    20, // height 2
    3, // the number of points making up the shape...
    <0,0>,<-18.02,20>,<4.5,20>
    rotate y*180
    translate -0.02*y
    
    pigment { color Green }
  }
}

// Crust
difference{
  sphere {
    <0, 0, 0>, 17.38
    texture {
      pigment { color White }
    }
  }
  prism {
    linear_spline
    0, // height 1
    20, // height 2
    3, // the number of points making up the shape...
    <0,0>,<-18.03,20>,<6,20>
    rotate y*180
    translate -0.03*y
    
    pigment { color White }
  }
}
Author Lennart Kudling

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I, the copyright holder of this work, hereby publish it under the following license:
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current04:15, 30 September 2014Thumbnail for version as of 04:15, 30 September 2014552 × 553 (1.03 MB)Wereldburger758 (talk | contribs)Valid SVG now.
20:53, 3 August 2009Thumbnail for version as of 20:53, 3 August 2009552 × 553 (1.63 MB)LennyWikipedia~commonswiki (talk | contribs){{Information |Description={{en|1=The inner structure of the Moon (from innermost): core (r=1600km), primitive mantle(r=11880km), depleted mantle (r=16700km), crust (r=17380km)}} |Source=Own work by uploader |Author=Lenny222 |Date=2009-0

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