Dorothy (Venusian crater)

Dorothy (Venus)
Coordinates	35°24′S 11°18′E / 35.4°S 11.3°E
Diameter	8.4 km

Dorothy Crater is an impact crater on Venus.

The names for small craters on Venus (with a diameter less than 20 km) are chosen from common female names.^[2] Dorothy is a Greek first name, and the crater was officially designated by the IAU in 1997. The crater is east of Tamfana Corona, and south of Seoritsu Farra.^[3]

Like many impact craters on Venus, Dorothy has been flooded and buried by lava flows.^[4]

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^ "Dorothy (Venusian crater)". Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature. USGS Astrogeology Research Program.
^ "Dorothy". We Name The Stars. Retrieved 10 April 2020.
^ International Astronomical Union (June 8, 2012). Venus V-44 Kaiwan Fluctus Nomenclature (Map). USGS Astrogeology Science Center. Retrieved April 10, 2020.
^ Collins, G. C.; Head, J. W.; Basilevsky, A. T.; Ivanov, M. A. (1999-10-25). "Evidence for rapid regional plains emplacement on Venus from the population of volcanically embayed impact craters". Journal of Geophysical Research: Planets. 104 (E10): 24121–24139. doi:10.1029/1999JE001041.

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[gpn-Venus-1] "Dorothy (Venusian crater)". Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature. USGS Astrogeology Research Program.

[2] "Dorothy". We Name The Stars. Retrieved 10 April 2020.

[3] International Astronomical Union (June 8, 2012). Venus V-44 Kaiwan Fluctus Nomenclature (Map). USGS Astrogeology Science Center. Retrieved April 10, 2020.

[4] Collins, G. C.; Head, J. W.; Basilevsky, A. T.; Ivanov, M. A. (1999-10-25). "Evidence for rapid regional plains emplacement on Venus from the population of volcanically embayed impact craters". Journal of Geophysical Research: Planets. 104 (E10): 24121–24139. doi:10.1029/1999JE001041.

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