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Barton Crater (possible Natural Colors; credits: Dr Paolo C. Fienga - Lunexit Team)
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During orbits 404 through 414 on 19-20 September 1990, the Magellan Probe imaged a Peak-Ring Crater that is about 50 Km in diameter located at Latitude 27,4° North and Longitude 337,5° East. The name "Barton" has been proposed by the Magellan Science Team for this Crater, after Clara Barton, founder of the Red Cross; however, the name is tentative pending approval by the International Astronomical Union.
Barton is just at the diameter size that Venus Impact Craters appear to begin to possess Peak-Rings instead of a single Central Peak or Central Peak complex like does about 75% of the craters with diameters between about 50 and 15 Km.
The floor of the Crater is flat and radar-dark, indicating possible infilling by volcanic deposits sometime following the impact event. Barton's Central Peak Ring is discontinuous and appears to have been disrupted or separated during or following the cratering process. The extremely blocky crater deposits (ejecta) surrounding Barton appear to be most extensive on the South-West to South-East (lower left to right) side of it.
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(Dettagli)
