Chaminuka (Ceres)
Data as of 2026-10-23
What it is
- Type
- Crater, craters
- IAU definition
A circular depression
- Diameter
- 122 km, 26 % of the radius of its body
- Centre
- 58.58° S, 131.2° east (planetocentric latitude, east longitude from 0 to 360°, the IAU convention)
- Name adopted
- October 15, 2015
- Origin of the name
Shona (Zimbabwe) spirit who provides rains in times of droughts.
Quoted in English, as the IAU publishes it.
In Galaxy
Opens its body in the application, the camera turned towards Chaminuka.
Missions to its body
No observation record of this formation is crossed here. These are the missions the Planetary Data System declares for its body; none is claimed to have observed Chaminuka.
Sources
International Astronomical Union Working Group for Planetary System Nomenclature, Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature, read on October 23, 2026. Feature page: https://planetarynames.wr.usgs.gov/Feature/15422
Type definitions: IAU Descriptor Terms, read on October 17, 2026. https://planetarynames.wr.usgs.gov/DescriptorTerms