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- JET PROPULSION LABORATORY
- CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY
- NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION
- PASADENA, CALIF. 91109
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- PHOTO CAPTION MAGELLAN
- P-36547 MGN-6
- 8/23/90
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- This three-dimensional representation of brightness variations in
- a Magellan radar image of Golubkina crater enhances the structural
- features of the crater. Golubkina is 34 km (20.4 miles) in
- diameter, and is located at about 60.5 degrees north latitude,
- 287.2 degrees east longitude. Golubkina is characterized by
- terraced inner walls and a central peak, typical of large impact
- craters on the Earth, Moon and Mars. The terraced inner walls form
- at late stages in the formation of an impact crater, due to
- collapse of the initial cavity formed by the meteorite impact. The
- central peak forms due to rebound of the inner crater floor.
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