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Dorothy Crater is an impact crater on Venus . The names for small craters on Venus (with a diameter less than 20 km) are chosen from common female names. [2] Dorothy is a Greek first name, and the crater was officially designated by the IAU in 1997. The crater is east of Tamfana Corona, and south of Seoritsu Farra. [3]
Cleopatra (initially called Cleopatra Patera [2]) is an impact crater on Venus, in Maxwell Montes. Cleopatra is a double-ring impact basin about 100 kilometers (62 mi) in diameter and 2.5 kilometers (1.6 mi) deep. A steep-walled, winding channel a few kilometers wide ( Anuket Vallis) breaks through the rough terrain surrounding the crater rim.
Lunar: 1,624 craters (31.2%) Venusian: 900 craters (17.3%) Mercurian: 397 craters (7.6%) Martian: 1,092 craters (21.0%) Others: 1,198 craters (23.0%) Distribution of named craters in the Solar System as of 2017. [a] This is a list of craters on Venus, named by the International Astronomical Union's (IAU) Working Group for Planetary System Nomenclature. All craters on Venus are named after ...
Venus ( / ˈviːnəs /) [ a] is a Roman goddess, whose functions encompass love, beauty, desire, sex, fertility, prosperity, and victory. In Roman mythology, she was the ancestor of the Roman people through her son, Aeneas, who survived the fall of Troy and fled to Italy. Julius Caesar claimed her as his ancestor.
Agnesi (crater) Agnesi is a crater on the planet Venus. It was named after Maria Gaetana Agnesi, an Italian mathematician; Venusian craters are named after notable women. The crater was named by the International Astronomical Union 's Working Group on Planetary System Nomenclature in 1991. It is located at 39.4 degrees south and 37.7 degrees east.
Global radar map of the surface of Venus. The surface of Venus is dominated by geologic features that include volcanoes, large impact craters, and aeolian erosion and sedimentation landforms. Venus has a topography reflecting its single, strong crustal plate, with a unimodal elevation distribution (over 90% of the surface lies within an ...
Venera-D is a proposed mission to Venus that would include a highly capable orbiter and a lander. From the standpoint of total mass delivered to Venus, the best launch opportunities occur in 2026 and 2031; [10] however, as of March 2021, Venera-D is planned for launch no earlier than November 2029. [11]
55°36′N 321°36′E / . 55.6°N 321.6°E. / 55.6; 321.6. Diameter. 149 km. Eponym. Lise Meitner. Meitner is a multiring impact crater on Venus. This impact crater was named after the female Austrian-Swedish physicist, Lise Meitner, in her honour.