Ezinu | |
Type: | Impact crater |
Location: | Ceres |
Coordinates: | 43.2°N 195.7°W |
Diameter: | 119.93km (74.52miles) |
Discoverer: | Dawn |
Naming: | Sumerian goddess of grain |
Ezinu is a large crater on Ceres, located within the Hanami Planum. It was officially named in 2015 by the IAU after a Sumerian goddess of grain.
The floor of Ezinu is home to a series of fractures, which are up to 200 metres deep and stretch for 22.7 km.[1] These fractures were theorised in a 2018 study to have been formed as a result of subsurface low-viscosity material flowing into the crater.[1]