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Impact crater Aurelia on Venus

author: Nasa/JPL/Novapix

reference: a-ven06-00056

Image Size 300 DPI: 12 * 17 cm

This Magellan image shows a complex crater, 31.9 kilometers (20 miles) in diameter with a circular rim, terraced walls, and central peaks, located at 20.3 degrees north latitude and 331.8 degrees east longitude. Several unusual features are evidenced in this image: large dark surface up range from the crater; lobate flows emanating from crater ejecta, and very radar-bright ejecta and floor. Aurelia has been proposed to the International Astronomical Union, Subcommittee of Planetary Nomenclature as a candidate name. Aurelia is the mother of Julius Caesar.

 

Keywords for this photo:

ASTRONOMY - AURELIA - BLACK AND WHITE - CRATER - IMPACT CRATER - MAGELLAN - PLANET - RADAR - VENUS -