Ezinu (crater)

Ezinu
	Ezinu (top) and Nawish (bottom)
Feature type	Impact crater
Location	Ceres
Coordinates	43°12′N 195°42′E / 43.2°N 195.7°E
Diameter	119.93 kilometres (74.52 mi)
Discoverer	Dawn
Naming	Sumerian goddess of grain

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.^[1]

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.^[2] These fractures were theorised in a 2018 study to have been formed as a result of subsurface low-viscosity material flowing into the crater.^[2]

References

^ ^a ^b "Ezinu". Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature. USGS Astrogeology Research Program. Retrieved 11 February 2019.
^ ^a ^b 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.

[GPN-1] "Ezinu". Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature. USGS Astrogeology Research Program. Retrieved 11 February 2019.

[Fractures-2] 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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