Many have been keeping updated on the new photos that came back of Ceres over the last month or so.  The mysteries are abound from discussions of a pyramid like formation on the surface to some very unusual bright spots.  Now, they have named some of the formations of the surface as described here:

Colorful new maps of the dwarf planet Ceres reveal its dramatic mountains and deep craters, now with official new names.

The new Ceres maps were created using data from NASA’s Dawn spacecraft, which has been orbiting the dwarf planet since March. While some locations on Ceres once carried labels like “Spot 1” and “pyramid-shaped mountain,” they now possess official names like Dantu, Ezina, Haulani and Kerwan. Then there’s Occator, the home of Ceres’ mysterious bright spots, which seem to fill the Occator crater with a gaseous haze.

Let’s find out some of the map naming points and check out a cool video on page 2

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