Barton (crater)

Barton (crater)

Venus crater data


caption=Magellan radar image of Barton crater
latitude=27.4
N_or_S=N
longitude=337.5
E_or_W=E
diameter=54 km
eponym=Clara Barton

Barton crater is a 54-km (32-mi) diameter crater on Venus. It is the size at which craters on Venus begin to possess peak-rings instead of a single central peak. The floor of Barton crater is flat and radar-dark, indicating possible infilling by lava flows sometime following the impact. Barton's central peak-ring is discontinuous and appears to have been disrupted or separated during or following the cratering process. The name Barton has been proposed by the Magellan Science Team, after Clara Barton, founder of the American Red Cross; the name is tentative pending approval by the IAU.


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