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 crater on Ceres, located within the Hanami Planum. It was officially named in 2015 by the 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

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Ezinu (top) and Nawish (bottom)
Feature type	Impact crater
Location	Ceres
Coordinates	43°12′N 195°42′E / 43.2°N 195.7°E / 43.2; 195.7^[1]
Diameter	119.93 kilometres (74.52 mi)
Discoverer	Dawn
Naming	Sumerian goddess of grain