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Mead Crater
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| Name | Type | Width x Height | Size |
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| mead.gif | GIF | 988 x 1030 | 819K |
| Location | 12.50° Latitude, 57.20° Longitude |
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| Diameter | 280 kilometer (174 mile) |
| Type | Multi-ring crater |
Mead crater is the largest impact crater on Venus, with a diameter of 280 kilometers (174 miles). The crater has an inner and an outer ring and a small ejecta blanket surrounding the outer ring. The crater floor looks very similar in morphology to the surrounding plain. The dark vertical bands running through the image are artifacts associated with processing the synthetic aperature radar (SAR) data. Illumination is from the left at an incidence angle of 45 deg.
This image is Copyright © by Calvin J. Hamilton. Any commercial/for-profit use of this image needs to be addressed to Calvin J. Hamilton.