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Dec 1992
adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=1992lpico.789..100s&link_type=abstract
In Lunar and Planetary Inst., Papers Presented to the International Colloquium on Venus p 100-101 (SEE N93-14288 04-91)
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Geomorphology, Magellan Spacecraft (Nasa), Meteorite Craters, Planetary Craters, Planetary Geology, Planetary Mapping, Spatial Distribution, Venus Surface, Asteroids, Ejecta, General Overviews, Populations, Tectonics, Volcanoes
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Magellan has revealed an ensemble of impact craters on Venus that is unique in many important ways. We have compiled a database describing 842 craters on 89 percent of the planet's surface mapped through orbit 2578 (the craters range in diameter from 1.5 to 280 km). We have studied the distribution, size-frequency, morphology, and geology of these craters both in aggregate and, for some craters, in more detail. We have found the following: (1) the spatial distribution of craters is highly uniform; (2) the size-density distribution of craters with diameters greater than or equal to 35 km is consistent with a 'production' population having a surprisingly young age of about 0.5 Ga (based on the estimated population of Venus-crossing asteroids); (3) the spectrum of crater modification differs greatly from that on other planets--62 percent of all craters are pristine, only 4 percent volcanically embayed, and the remainder affected by tectonism, but none are severely and progressively depleted based on size-density distribution extrapolated from larger craters; (4) large craters have a progression of morphologies generally similar to those on other planets, but small craters are typically irregular or multiple rather than bowl shaped; (5) diffuse radar-bright or -dark features surround some craters, and about 370 similar diffuse 'splotches' with no central crater are observed whose size-density distribution is similar to that of small craters; and (6) other features unique to Venus include radar-bright or -dark parabolic arcs opening westward and extensive outflows originating in crater ejecta.
Boyce Joseph M.
Chadwick David J.
Dawson Donald
Gaddis Lisa R.
Kirk Randolph L.
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