English: Simple impact craters differ from a complex impact crater because they lack a central peak, have a small-bowl shape and smooth walled. Before the Magellan mission to Venus in 1994, controversies about the origin of Cleopatra patera existed due to the asymmetric shape of the floor of the crater, which appeared smooth. This image is modified from David King, NASA University of Arizona Space Imagery Center, 2006.
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