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Yalode (crater)
Large crater on Ceres / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Yalode (/jəˈloʊdi/)[2] is the second-largest confirmed crater on Ceres, after Kerwan. It is adjacent to another large crater, Urvara and serves as the namesake for the Yalode Quadrange.[3] Yalode named after the Dahomeyan (Fon) deity of the yam harvest, Yalodé; the name Yalode was officially approved by the International Astronomical Union (IAU) on 3 July 2015.[1]
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![]() An image of Yalode and surrounding regions. Yalode is heavily degraded, only barely discernible as a flattened region at the bottom-center of the image | |
Feature type | Impact crater |
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Location | Yalode Quadrangle, Ceres |
Coordinates | 42.58°S 292.48°E / -42.58; 292.48[1] |
Diameter | 271 km |
Discoverer | Dawn |
Eponym | Yalodé |
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