PIA00474: Venus - Impact Crater in Eastern Navka Region
 Target Name:  Venus
 Is a satellite of:  Sol (our sun)
 Mission:  Magellan
 Spacecraft:  Magellan
 Instrument:  Imaging Radar
 Product Size:  530 x 572 pixels (w x h)
 Produced By:  JPL
 Producer ID:  P38285
 Addition Date:  1996-11-20
 Primary Data Set:  Magellan MIDRs
 Full-Res TIFF:  PIA00474.tif (274.6 kB)
 Full-Res JPEG:  PIA00474.jpg (118.9 kB)

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Original Caption Released with Image:

This Magellan image, which is 50 kilometers (31 miles) in width and 80 kilometers (50 miles) in length, is centered at 11.9 degrees latitude, 352 degrees longitude in the eastern Navka Region of Venus. The crater, which is approximately 8 kilometers (5 miles) in diameter, displays a butterfly symmetry pattern. The ejecta pattern most likely results from an oblique impact, where the impactor came from the south and ejected material to the north.

Image Credit:
NASA/JPL

Image Addition Date:
1996-11-20