Ezinu (crater)
Ezinu is a large impact crater on the dwarf planet Ceres, located within the Hanami Planum. It was officially named on 3 July 2015 by the International Astronomical Union (IAU) after a Sumerian goddess of grain.
Physical features
The floor of Ezinu is home to a series of fractures, which are up to 200 metres deep and stretch for 22.7 km. These fractures were theorised in a 2018 study to have been formed as a result of subsurface low-viscosity material flowing into the crater.
References
- ^ "Ezinu". Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature. USGS Astrogeology Research Program. Retrieved 11 February 2019.
- ^ Buczkowski, Debra (December 2018). "Floor Fractures in Ezinu Crater: Evidence of Solid State Flow on Ceres?". AGU Fall Meeting 2018. American Geophysical Union. Bibcode:2018AGUFM.P33D3864B. Retrieved October 4, 2022.
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