Danilova (crater)

Danilova is an impact crater on the planet Venus. It was named after the Russian ballet dancer Maria Danilova. Its diameter is 49 kilometers.

Location

The crater lies within the prevailing on the vast plains of Venus at 26.4 ° South and 337.2 ° East. It is surrounded to the east of the crater Aglaonice and south of the crater Saskia. The crater group is located between the Mons volcano Ushas of Dione Regio in the West and in the East Alpha Regio.

Description

The crater formed by the impact of an asteroid. It belongs to the class of central peak craters. The diameter of the central structure is 12.7 km, and the width of the crater wall is approximately 6 km. On the recording of the Magellan space probe to detect the radar-bright central peak, surrounded by the dark crater floor and the crater wall. The bright because rougher environment shows the ejecta blanket - the area in which the ejected by the impact of material has descended. Visible are also left behind traces of material in a riverine system -. Similar to the northern edge of Aglaonice - up to 77 km is flowed away from the southern crater rim