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List Of Craters On Šteins
This is a list of all named craters on minor planets in the Solar System as named by IAU's Working Group for Planetary System Nomenclature. In addition tentatively named craters—such as those of Pluto—may also be referred to. The number of craters is given in parenthesis. For a full list of all craters, ''see list of craters in the Solar System This is a list of named craters in the Solar System as named by IAU's Working Group for Planetary System Nomenclature. As of 2017, there is a total of 5,223 craters on 40 astronomical bodies, which includes minor planets (asteroids and dwarf plan ...''. Images File:Ceres - RC3 - Haulani Crater (22381131691) (cropped).jpg, Ceres File:Eros - PIA02923 (color).jpg, Eros File:951 Gaspra.jpg, Gaspra File:243 ida crop.jpg, Ida File:Rosetta triumphs at asteroid Lutetia.jpg, Lutetia File:(253) mathilde crop.jpg, Mathilde File:Nh-pluto-in-true-color 2x JPEG-edit-frame.jpg, Pluto File:2867 Šteins by Rosetta (reprocessed).png, Šteins Fil ...
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Impact Crater
An impact crater is a circular depression in the surface of a solid astronomical object formed by the hypervelocity impact of a smaller object. In contrast to volcanic craters, which result from explosion or internal collapse, impact craters typically have raised rims and floors that are lower in elevation than the surrounding terrain. Lunar impact craters range from microscopic craters on lunar rocks returned by the Apollo Program and small, simple, bowl-shaped depressions in the lunar regolith to large, complex, multi-ringed impact basins. Meteor Crater is a well-known example of a small impact crater on Earth. Impact craters are the dominant geographic features on many solid Solar System objects including the Moon, Mercury, Callisto, Ganymede and most small moons and asteroids. On other planets and moons that experience more active surface geological processes, such as Earth, Venus, Europa, Io and Titan, visible impact craters are less common because they become eroded ...
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Hamori (crater)
Ceres is a dwarf planet in the asteroid belt that lies between the orbits of Mars and Jupiter. The IAU has adopted two themes for naming surface features on Ceres: agricultural deities for craters and agricultural festivals for everything else. As of 2020, the IAU has approved names for 151 geological features on Ceres: craters, montes, catenae, rupēs, plana, tholi, planitiae, fossae and sulci. In July 2018, NASA released a comparison of physical features found on Ceres with similar ones present on Earth. ''Piazzi'', named after Giuseppe Piazzi, the discoverer of Ceres, is a dark region southwest of Dantu crater in ground-based images that was named before ''Dawn Dawn is the time that marks the beginning of twilight before sunrise. It is recognized by the appearance of indirect sunlight being scattered in Earth's atmosphere, when the centre of the Sun's disc has reached 18° below the observer's horizo ...'' arrived at Ceres. Overview of features Catenae Crate ...
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Venetia Burney
Venetia Katharine Douglas Burney (married name Phair, 11 July 1918 – 30 April 2009) was an English accountant and teacher. She is remembered as the first person to suggest the name Pluto for the dwarf planet discovered by Clyde Tombaugh in 1930. At the time, she was 11 years old. Biography Venetia Burney was the daughter of Rev. Charles Fox Burney, Oriel Professor of the Interpretation of Holy Scripture at Oxford, and his wife Ethel Wordsworth Burney (née Madan). She was the granddaughter of Falconer Madan (1851–1935), Librarian of the Bodleian Library of the University of Oxford. Falconer Madan's brother, Henry Madan (1838–1901), Science Master of Eton, had in 1878 suggested the names Phobos and Deimos for the moons of Mars. On 14 March 1930, Falconer Madan read the story of the new planet's discovery in ''The Times'', and mentioned it to his granddaughter Venetia. She suggested the name Pluto – the Roman God of the Underworld who was able to make himself invisibl ...
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WWC is a three-letter abbreviation that may refer to: * Warren Wilson College * What Works Clearinghouse, an educational initiative in the U.S. * Whitman-Walker Clinic, an HIV/AIDS medical care organization in Washington, D.C. * Wizard World Chicago, an annual comic book convention * Woodrow Wilson Center * World Water Council * World Weightlifting Championships * World Wrestling Council, a Puerto Rican pro wrestling promotion. * Walla Walla College, the former name of Walla Walla University * ''World War Combat'', a turn based strategy game * White working class * Woolwich railway station, given the National Rail code WWC ;Women's World Cup: * FIFA Women's World Cup * UCI Women's Road World Cup * Women's Cricket World Cup * Women's Rugby World Cup * Women's Rugby League World Cup * Women's World Cup of Golf The Women's World Cup of Golf was a professional golf tournament contested by teams of two female golfers representing their respective countries. The tournament was played i ...
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Zadeni (crater)
Ceres is a dwarf planet in the asteroid belt that lies between the orbits of Mars and Jupiter. The IAU has adopted two themes for naming surface features on Ceres: agricultural deities for craters and agricultural festivals for everything else. As of 2020, the IAU has approved names for 151 geological features on Ceres: craters, montes, catenae, rupēs, plana, tholi, planitiae, fossae and sulci. In July 2018, NASA released a comparison of physical features found on Ceres with similar ones present on Earth. ''Piazzi'', named after Giuseppe Piazzi, the discoverer of Ceres, is a dark region southwest of Dantu crater in ground-based images that was named before ''Dawn'' arrived at Ceres. Overview of features Catenae Craters Ceres is saturated with impact crater An impact crater is a circular depression in the surface of a solid astronomical object formed by the hypervelocity impact of a smaller object. In contrast to volcanic craters, which result from explosion or ...
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Yalode (crater)
Yalode () is the second-largest confirmed crater on Ceres, after Kerwan. It is adjacent to another large crater, Urvara and serves as the namesake for the Yalode Quadrange. Yalode named after the Dahomeyan ( Fon) deity of the yam harvest, Yalodé; the name Yalode was officially approved by the International Astronomical Union (IAU) on 3 July 2015. Geology Yalode is a heavily degraded impact basin, hosting numerous smaller craters such as Besua. Yalode is geologically homogeneous, with its interior compositionally similar to surrounding areas. Yalode is itself superimposed by the Urvara basin, the third-largest crater on Ceres; both are surrounded by extensive ejecta deposits. Yalode and the regions surrounding it appear to be heavily tectonized. The floor of Yalode basin features parallel fractures that are larger and more developed than those found in other large impact basins on Ceres. The fractures in Yalode appear to have formed in at least two distinct generations and ...
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Urvara (crater)
Urvara ( sa, উর্বর, urvárā) is the third-largest confirmed crater on Ceres after Kerwan and neighboring Yalode. Urvara means fertile. It is named after the ancient Indo-Iranian personification of fertility (plants in the '' Avesta'', fertile fields in the ''Rig Veda''). It has a central peak, and a number of unexplained ridges intersect it. See also *List of geological features on Ceres Ceres is a dwarf planet in the asteroid belt that lies between the orbits of Mars and Jupiter. The IAU has adopted two themes for naming surface features on Ceres: agricultural deities for craters and agricultural festivals for everything else. ... References {{Ceres Impact craters on asteroids Surface features of Ceres ...
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Tupo (crater)
Tupo is a crater in the southern hemisphere of the dwarf planet Ceres, located at 32.35° S, 88.38° E. It has a diameter of 36 km. The crater is named after a Polynesian deity, that was invoked on the island Mangareva during the planting of turmeric Turmeric () is a flowering plant, ''Curcuma longa'' (), of the ginger family, Zingiberaceae, the rhizomes of which are used in cooking. The plant is a perennial, rhizomatous, herbaceous plant native to the Indian subcontinent and Southeast Asi .... References {{Ceres Impact craters on asteroids Surface features of Ceres ...
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Malevolent Spirit
In mythology and folklore, a vengeful ghost or vengeful spirit is said to be the spirit of a dead person who returns from the afterlife to seek revenge for a cruel, unnatural or unjust death. In certain cultures where funeral and burial or cremation ceremonies are important, such vengeful spirits may also be considered as unhappy ghosts of individuals who have not been given a proper funeral. Cultural background The concept of a vengeful ghost seeking retribution for harm that it endured as a living person goes back to ancient times and is part of many cultures. According to such legends and beliefs, they roam the world of the living as restless spirits, seeking to have their grievances redressed, and may not be satisfied until they have succeeded in punishing either their murderers or their tormentors. In certain cultures vengeful ghosts are mostly female, said to be women that were unjustly treated during their lifetime. Such women or girls may have died in despair or the suff ...
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Sintana (crater)
Sintana is a large central peak crater in the Southern Hemisphere of the dwarf planet Ceres, located at 44.21° S, 76.4 ° E. It has a diameter of 58 km, hosting a central peak. The crater is named after the deity of the Kogi people of northern Colombia who produced fertile black earth. The name Sintana was officially adopted by the International Astronomical Union (IAU) on 3 July 2015. It is the namesake of the Sintana Quadrangle. Sintana is a relatively degraded crater. Much of the southern crater floor is covered with concentric terraces surrounding its large central peak. These terraces are the result of mass wasting processes such as landslide Landslides, also known as landslips, are several forms of mass wasting that may include a wide range of ground movements, such as rockfalls, deep-seated grade (slope), slope failures, mudflows, and debris flows. Landslides occur in a variety of ...s, likely taking place in the final stage of impact crater formation as the cavit ...
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Occator (crater)
Occator is an impact crater located on Ceres (dwarf planet), Ceres, the List of notable asteroids, largest object in the main asteroid belt that lies between the orbits of Mars and Jupiter, that contains "Spot 5", the brightest of the bright spots on Ceres, bright spots observed by the Dawn (spacecraft), Dawn spacecraft. It was known as "Region A" in ground-based images taken by the W. M. Keck Observatory on Mauna Kea. The crater was named after Occator (mythology), Occator, the Roman god of the harrow (tool), harrow and a helper to Ceres. The name Occator was officially approved by the International Astronomical Union, IAU on 3 July 2015. On 9 December 2015, scientists reported that the bright spots on Ceres, including those in Occator, may be related to a type of salt, particularly a form of brine containing magnesium sulfate Sulfate minerals, hexahydrite (MgSO4·6H2O); the spots were also found to be associated with Clay, ammonia-rich clays. More recently, on 29 June 2016, s ...
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Nawish (crater)
Nawish is a crater on the dwarf planet Ceres. It is named after the Acoma guardian of the field. The name was officially approved by the International Astronomical Union (IAU) on 3 July 2015. It is the namesake of the Nawish Quadrangle. Nawish is medium in size, at roughly 77 kilometers in diameter. In contrast to most craters, its shape is not circular. This is likely the result of mass wasting processes such as landslide Landslides, also known as landslips, are several forms of mass wasting that may include a wide range of ground movements, such as rockfalls, deep-seated grade (slope), slope failures, mudflows, and debris flows. Landslides occur in a variety of ...s that collapsed sections of the crater wall. As with most craters of its size on Ceres, Nawish has a central peak; its central peak is roughly 20 kilometers wide and 1 kilometer tall, and it hosts a central pit that is roughly 8 kilometers wide and deeper than Nawish's crater floor by about a kilometer. Ref ...
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