Sintana (crater)

Sintana

Dawn photo showing selected crater features, Sintana crater is on top

Location| Ceres
Coordinates| 48°04′S 46°12′E﻿ / ﻿48.07°S 46.2°E﻿ / -48.07; 46.2[1]
Diameter| 58 km
Eponym| Kogi deity who produced fertile black earth

Sintana is a large 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. The crater is named after the deity of the Kogi people of northern Colombia who produced fertile black earth.[1] It was officially named by the IAU on July 3, 2015.[1]

Context - Sintana crater (top)

## References[edit]

1. ^ a b c "Planetary Names: Crater, craters: Sintana on Ceres". USGS. Gazeteer of Planetary Nomenclature. 15 October 2015. Retrieved 30 August 2017.

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Ceres

Geography|

| General|

* Geology of Ceres

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Craters|

* Achita
* Coniraya
* Dantu
* Ezinu
* Haulani
* Kerwan
* Nawish
* Occator
* Oxo
* Sintana
* Tupo
* Urvara
* Yalode

Montes|

* Ahuna Mons

Other features|

* Bright spots

Astronomy|

| Classification|

* Asteroid
* Definition of planet
* Dwarf planet
* Planet
* 2006 definition of planet

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Discovery|

* Barnaba Oriani
* Carl Friedrich Gauss
* Francis Wollaston
* Franz Xaver von Zach
* Giuseppe Piazzi
* Heinrich Olbers
* Jérôme Lalande
* Johann Elert Bode
* Tobias Mayer

Possible trojans and co-orbitals|

* (185105) 2006 SV23
* 1372 Haremari
* (76146) 2000 EU16

Exploration|

* Dawn mission
* Ceres Polar Lander (proposed)
* Calathus Mission (proposed)

Related|

* Colonization
* In astrology
* Solar System bodies formerly considered to be planets

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