Neha Patil (Editor)

Ba'het Corona

Updated on
Edit
Like
Comment
Share on FacebookTweet on TwitterShare on LinkedInShare on Reddit
Feature type
  
Corona

Eponym
  
Ba'het

Diameter
  
145 km

Ba'het Corona

Bahet Corona is a feature on Venus about 230 kilometres (140 mi) long and 150 kilometres (93 mi) across. It is adjacent to Onatah Corona. Both features are surrounded by a ring of ridges and troughs, which in places cut more radially-oriented fractures. The centers of the features also contain radial fractures as well as volcanic domes and flows. Coronae are thought to form due to the upwelling of hot material from deep in the interior of Venus. The two coronae may have formed at the same time over a single upwelling, or may indicate movement of the upwelling or the upper layers of the planet to the west over time. A 'pancake' dome, similar to low-relief domes see in the southern hemisphere, is located just to the southwest of Bahet.

References

Ba'het Corona Wikipedia


Similar Topics