Crater on dwarf planet Ceres

Tupo

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

Location| Ceres
Coordinates| 32°21′S 88°23′E / 32.35°S 88.38°E / -32.35; 88.38Coordinates: 32°21′S 88°23′E / 32.35°S 88.38°E / -32.35; 88.38[1]
Diameter| 36 km
Eponym| Mangarevan god

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,[1] that was invoked on the island Mangareva during the planting of turmeric.[2]

## References[edit]

1. ^ a b "Tupo (crater)". Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature. USGS Astrogeology Research Program., accessed 19 February 2019
2. ^ Orliac, C. (2002). "Le Dieu Rao de Mangareva et le Curcuma longa". Journal de la Société des Océanistes. 114–115: 203.

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Ceres

Geography|

| General|

* Geology of Ceres

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Craters|

* Achita
* Annona
* Asari
* Coniraya
* Dantu
* Darzamat
* Ezinu
* Fejokoo
* Hamori
* Haulani
* Kerwan
* Mondamin
* Nawish
* Occator
* Oxo
* Urvara
* Yalode
* Zadeni

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|

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

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