NASA NTRS · 19930005138
Largest impact craters on Venus
Abstract
High-resolution radar images from the Magellan spacecraft have allowed us to perform a detailed study on 25 large impact craters on Venus with diameters from 70 to 280 km. The dimension of these large craters is comparable with the characteristic thickness of the venusian lithosphere and the atmospheric scale height. Some physical parameters for the largest impact craters on Venus (LICV), such as depth, ring/diameter ratio, and range of ballistic ejecta deposits, have been obtained from the SAR images and the altimetry dataset produced by MIT. Data related to each of these parameters is discussed.
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Ivanov, B. A., Weitz, C. M., Basilevsky, A. T.. 1992-01-01. Largest impact craters on Venus. https://ntrs.nasa.gov/citations/19930005138
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