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Feature names on Ceres

Feature names on Ceres
Feature names on Ceres This map of Ceres shows the feature names approved by the International Astronomical Union. We described the naming convention in December, and the most up-to-date list of names is here. The small crater Kait (named for the ancient Hattic grain goddess) is used to define the location of the prime meridian. NASA / JPL-Caltech / UCLA / MPS / DLR / IDA