The Haulani crater on Ceres
The Haulani crater on Ceres
This black and white mosaic image of the 34-kilometre-wide Haulani crate near Ceres’s equator (11 degrees east/6 degrees north) was taken by the German Framing Camera on NASA's Dawn spacecraft. The strongest absorptions in wavelengths of blue light within Haulani were measured spectroscopically. The name ‘Ceres’ was suggested by its discoverer Giuseppe Piazzi in 1802, after the Roman goddess of fertility and agriculture. Following a decision by the International Astronomical Union, craters and geological structures on Ceres are named after similar mythological figures and fertility celebrations in all cultures. There is one exception – the crater Piazzi. Haulani is names after the Hawaiian goddess of plants.
