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Saturnalia Fossa
Saturnalia Fossa is the largest of the series of parallel Veneneian troughs in the northern hemisphere of the giant asteroid 4 Vesta. It is estimated to be approx. wide and is at least ; as of early 2012, one end disappeared in shadow and its total length was thus unknown. It is thought to be a shock fractures resulting from the impact that created Veneneia crater, which it is concentric with. It is one of the longer chasms in the Solar System, and is named after the Roman festival of Saturnalia Saturnalia is an ancient Roman festival and holiday in honour of the god Saturn, held on 17 December of the Julian calendar and later expanded with festivities through to 23 December. The holiday was celebrated with a sacrifice at the Temple .... (NASA coordinates) See also *[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vesta Full Mosaic
Vesta may refer to: Fiction and mythology * Vesta (mythology), Roman goddess of the hearth and home * Vesta (Marvel Comics), a Marvel Comics character * Sailor Vesta, a character in ''Sailor Moon'' Brands and products * Lada Vesta, a car from Russian car manufacturer AVTOVAZ * Swan Vesta (began 1883), a brand of matches ** Vesta case, metal containers for matches (which were previously called vestas) * Vesta, a freeze-dried meal brand launched in the United Kingdom by Batchelors in the early 1970s, and now owned by Premier Foods. Music * Vesta (1957–2011), stage name of American recording artist Vesta Williams ** ''Vesta'' (album), 1986 album by Vesta Williams ** '' Vesta 4 U'', 1988 album by Vesta Williams * Vesta, a 2008 rock band made up of former members of The Juliana Theory Places * Monte Vesta, Lombardy, Italy * Temple of Vesta, Rome, Italy * Vesta Nunataks, Alexander Island, Antarctica * 4 Vesta, an asteroid Canada * Vesta Creek (Alberta), a stream in northern Al ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Veneneia
Veneneia is the second-largest crater on asteroid 4 Vesta, at 52°S latitude. 'Vesta seems more planet than asteroid' ''Science News'', 2012 Mar 22 in diameter, it is 70% of the equatorial diameter of the asteroid, and one of the largest craters in the Solar System. It is at least 2 billion years old, and possibly as old as 4.2 billion years. However, it is overlain and partially obliterated by the even larger . It was discovered by the [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Trough (geology)
In geology, a trough is a linear structural depression that extends laterally over a distance. Although it is less steep than a trench, a trough can be a narrow basin or a geologic rift. These features often form at the rim of tectonic plates. There are various oceanic troughs on the ocean floors. Examples of oceanic troughs * Benue Trough * Cayman Trough * Kings Trough * Hesperides Trough * Nankai Trough * Northumberland Trough * Okinawa Trough in the East China Sea * Rockall Trough and others along the rift of the mid-oceanic ridge * Salton Trough The Salton Trough is an active tectonic pull-apart basin, or graben. It lies within the Imperial, Riverside, and San Diego counties of southeastern California, United States and extends south of the Mexico–United States border into the sta ... * South Shetland Trough * Suakin TroughDinwiddie, Robert et al. (2008) ''Ocean: The World's Last Wilderness Revealed'', London, Dorling Kindersley, page 452. in the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
4 Vesta
Vesta ( minor-planet designation: 4 Vesta) is one of the largest objects in the asteroid belt, with a mean diameter of . It was discovered by the German astronomer Heinrich Wilhelm Matthias Olbers on 29 March 1807 and is named after Vesta, the virgin goddess of home and hearth from Roman mythology. Vesta is thought to be the second-largest asteroid, both by mass and by volume, after the dwarf planet Ceres, though in volume it overlaps with the uncertainty in the measurements of 2 Pallas.Marsset, M., Brož, M., Vernazza, P. et al. The violent collisional history of aqueously evolved (2) Pallas. Nat Astron 4, 569–576 (2020). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41550-019-1007-5 Measurements give it a nominal volume only slightly larger than that of Pallas (about 5% greater, which is the magnitude of the uncertainties in measurement), but it is 25% to 30% more massive. It constitutes an estimated 9% of the mass of the asteroid belt. Vesta is the only known remaining rocky protoplanet ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
List Of Largest Rifts And Valleys In The Solar System
Following are the longest, widest, and deepest rifts and valleys in various worlds of the Solar System. List See also * List of Solar System extremes ** List of largest craters in the Solar System ** List of tallest mountains in the Solar System ** List of largest lakes and seas in the Solar System References {{Solar System table Solar System Rifts and valleys, largest in the Solar System * Extraterrestrial valleys Rifts and grabens Solar System The Solar System Capitalization of the name varies. The International Astronomical Union, the authoritative body regarding astronomical nomenclature, specifies capitalizing the names of all individual astronomical objects but uses mixed "Solar ... rifts canyons valleys Rifts, canyons and valleys ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Saturnalia
Saturnalia is an ancient Roman festival and holiday in honour of the god Saturn, held on 17 December of the Julian calendar and later expanded with festivities through to 23 December. The holiday was celebrated with a sacrifice at the Temple of Saturn, in the Roman Forum, and a public banquet, followed by private gift-giving, continual partying, and a carnival atmosphere that overturned Roman social norms: gambling was permitted, and masters provided table service for their slaves as it was seen as a time of liberty for both slaves and freedmen alike. A common custom was the election of a "King of the Saturnalia", who gave orders to people, which were followed and presided over the merrymaking. The gifts exchanged were usually gag gifts or small figurines made of wax or pottery known as '' sigillaria''. The poet Catullus called it "the best of days". Saturnalia was the Roman equivalent to the earlier Greek holiday of Kronia, which was celebrated during the Attic month of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Divalia Fossa
Divalia Fossa is the largest of the series of parallel Rheasilvian equatorial troughs on the giant asteroid 4 Vesta. It is approximately wide (estimated at its widest point) and encircles "most" of Vesta's equator, or for at least , and is about deep. It is thought to be a compression fracture resulting from the impact that created Rheasilvia crater. It is one of the longer chasms in the Solar System, and is named after the Roman festival of Divalia. (NASA coordinates) See also *Saturnalia Fossa
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Extraterrestrial Valleys
Extraterrestrial refers to any object or being beyond (wikt:extra-, extra-) the planet Earth (wikt:terrestrial, terrestrial). It is derived from the Latin words wikt:extra, ''extra'' ("outside", "outwards") and ''terrestris'' ("earthly", "of or relating to the Earth"). It may be abbreviated as "E.T." Extraterrestrial may also refer to: General topics * Extraterrestrial life, life that occurs outside of Earth and that probably did not originate from Earth ** Extraterrestrial intelligence, hypothetical intelligent extraterrestrial life ** Extraterrestrials in fiction ** List of alleged extraterrestrial beings Media and entertainment * Extraterrestrial (TV documentary), ''Extraterrestrial'' (TV documentary), a program on the National Geographic Channel *Extraterrestrial (song), "Extraterrestrial" (song), a 2018 song by Tynan and Kompany * E.T. (song), "E.T." (song), a 2010 song by Katy Perry * ' Film * Extraterrestrial (2011 film), ''Extraterrestrial'' (2011 film), a 2011 Spanish fi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Geological Features On Main-belt Asteroids
Geology () is a branch of natural science concerned with Earth and other astronomical objects, the features or rocks of which it is composed, and the processes by which they change over time. Modern geology significantly overlaps all other Earth sciences, including hydrology, and so is treated as one major aspect of integrated Earth system science and planetary science. Geology describes the structure of the Earth on and beneath its surface, and the processes that have shaped that structure. It also provides tools to determine the relative and absolute ages of rocks found in a given location, and also to describe the histories of those rocks. By combining these tools, geologists are able to chronicle the geological history of the Earth as a whole, and also to demonstrate the age of the Earth. Geology provides the primary evidence for plate tectonics, the evolutionary history of life, and the Earth's past climates. Geologists broadly study the properties and processes of Eart ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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