Wanda (crater)

Wanda is a crater in the Akna Montes on Venus first mapped first by the Soviet Venera 15/16 mission in 1984. ^[1]

6 relations: Akna Montes, Asteroid, Impact crater, Magellan (spacecraft), Orogeny, Venus.

Akna Montes

Akna Montes are a mountain range on Venus centered at 68.9°N, 318.2°E and stretching 830 km long.

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Asteroid

Asteroids are minor planets, especially those of the inner Solar System.

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Impact crater

An impact crater is an approximately circular depression in the surface of a planet, moon, or other solid body in the Solar System or elsewhere, formed by the hypervelocity impact of a smaller body.

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The Magellan spacecraft, also referred to as the Venus Radar Mapper, was a robotic space probe launched by NASA of the United States, on May 4, 1989, to map the surface of Venus by using synthetic aperture radar and to measure the planetary gravitational field.

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Orogeny

An orogeny is an event that leads to a large structural deformation of the Earth's lithosphere (crust and uppermost mantle) due to the interaction between plate tectonics.

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Venus

Venus is the second planet from the Sun, orbiting it every 224.7 Earth days.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wanda_(crater)

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