Astronomy:Skadi Mons

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Skadi Mons
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Map of Maxwell Montes with Skadi Mons labeled
Feature typeMountain
LocationCentral Ishtar Terra, Venus
Coordinates [ ⚑ ] : 64°N 4°E / 64°N 4°E / 64; 4[1]
Peak
  • 6.4 km (4.0 mi) 20,997 ft (6,400 m)
  • 10.7 km (6.6 mi) 35,105 ft (10,700 m) above mean.
EponymSkadi
Perspective rendering of Ishtar Terra, at the center of the image is Maxwell Montes, according to its elevation in red and its peaks like Skadi Mons in white.

Skadi Mons /ˈskɑːði ˈmɒnz/ is a mountain on Venus in Maxwell Montes, at the center of Ishtar Terra. It is the highest point on the planet,[2] with an altitude of about 10,700 meters (about 35,000 feet) above the mean planetary radius.[3]

As the highest mountain of the Maxwell Montes and Venus altogether it is the coolest (about 380 °C or 716 °F) and least pressurised (about 45 bar or 44 atm) location on the surface of Venus.[4][5]

It is named after Skaði, the norse goddess of skiing (Öndurdís).[6] The word means "damage" or "shadow", being related to the name Scandinavia and maybe the underworld.[7]

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Skadi Mons". Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature. USGS Astrogeology Research Program.
  2. ↑ Beall, Abigail (2020-01-16). "Race to Venus: What we'll discover on Earth's toxic twin". https://www.sciencefocus.com/space/race-to-venus-what-well-discover-on-earths-toxic-twin. 
  3. ↑ Warren, Haygen (2021-07-14). "Previewing EnVision: ESA’s newest mission to Venus". https://www.nasaspaceflight.com/2021/07/envision-esa-venus/2/. 
  4. ↑ Basilevsky A. T., Head J. W. (2003). "The surface of Venus". Reports on Progress in Physics 66 (10): 1699–1734. doi:10.1088/0034-4885/66/10/R04. Bibcode: 2003RPPh...66.1699B. 
  5. ↑ McGill G. E.; Stofan E. R.; Smrekar S. E. (2010). "Venus tectonics". in T. R. Watters. Planetary Tectonics. Cambridge University Press. pp. 81–120. ISBN 978-0-521-76573-2. https://books.google.com/books?id=9PD5hxPb6fkC&pg=PA81. Retrieved 2016-10-16. 
  6. ↑ "Skadi Mons". http://planetarynames.wr.usgs.gov/Feature/5590?__fsk=-1367958240. 
  7. ↑ John McKinnell (2005). Meeting the other in Norse myth and legend. Ds Brewer. p. 63. ISBN 978-1-84384-042-8. https://books.google.com/books?id=P2x2x3neFywC. 



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