Nawish is a crater on the dwarf planet

Ceres Ceres most commonly refers to: * Ceres (dwarf planet), the largest asteroid * Ceres (mythology), the Roman goddess of agriculture Ceres may also refer to: Places Brazil * Ceres, Goiás, Brazil * Ceres Microregion, in north-central Goiás st ...

. It is named after the

Acoma Acoma may refer to: * ''Acoma'' (beetle), a scarab beetle genus of subfamily Melolonthinae * Acoma Pueblo, a Native American pueblo * Acoma, Nevada, a ghost town * Acoma Township, McLeod County, Minnesota, US * , more than one ship of the US Navy ...

guardian of the field. The name was officially approved by the

International Astronomical Union The International Astronomical Union (IAU; french: link=yes, Union astronomique internationale, UAI) is a nongovernmental organisation with the objective of advancing astronomy in all aspects, including promoting astronomical research, outreac ...

(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. Ezinu and Nawish craters in context

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{{crater-stub Impact craters on asteroids Surface features of Ceres