Abellio (crater)
An image of Abellio and its surrounding area. It is the crater to the bottom right. | |
| Feature type | Crater |
|---|---|
| Location | Fejokoo Quadrangle, Ceres |
| Coordinates | 33°12′N 66°55′W / 33.20°N 66.91°W[1] |
| Diameter | ~32km [1] |
| Discoverer | Dawn spacecraft team 2015 |
| Eponym | Abellio, god of the apple tree in Gaul.[2] |
Abellio is a crater on the surface of the dwarf planet and large asteroid Ceres. It is a corner of the Fejokoo Quadrangle, located northwest of the namesake crater.[3] It is named after the Gaul agricultural deity of apple trees much like other craters on Ceres.[4] Its name was officiated on December 4, 2015 by the International Astronomical Union.[1]
Through the use of Lunar-Derived Absolute Model, it was determined that Abellio is less than 80 million years old. It is made up of primarily magnesium and calcium carbonate with the crater having an above average number of carbonates.[5]
See also
References
- ^ a b c "Abellio". Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature. USGS Astrogeology Research Program. (Center Latitude: 33.20°, Center Longitude: 293.09°; Planetocentric, +East)
- ^ "Abellio Crater Information". Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature. USGS. Retrieved 2025-05-04.
- ^ Hughson, Kynan; Russell, Christopher; Williams, David; Buczkowski, Debra; Mest, Scott; Scully, Jennifer; Kneissl, Thomas; Ruesch, Ottaviano; Frigeri, Alessandro; Combe, Jean-Philippe; Jaumann, Ralf; Roatsch, Thomas; Preusker, Frank; Platz, Thomas; Nathues, Andreas; Hoffmann, Martin; Schaefer, Michael; Park, Ryan; Marchi, Simone; Raymond, Carol (April 2016). "Geological Mapping of the Ac-H-5 Fejokoo Quadrangle of Ceres from NASA's Dawn Mission". Egu General Assembly Conference Abstracts: EPSC2016–5022. Bibcode:2016EGUGA..18.5022H.
- ^ "New Names on Ceres". science.nasa.gov. September 2017.
- ^ Galiano, A.; Palomba, E.; Longobardo, A.; De Sanctis, M. C.; Carrozzo, F. G.; Raponi, A.; Tosi, F.; Ammannito, E.; Cloutis, E. A.; Raymond, C. A.; Russell, C. T. (15 January 2019). "Spectral analysis of the Cerean geological unit crater central peak material as an indicator of subsurface mineral composition". Icarus. 318: 75–98. Bibcode:2019Icar..318...75G. doi:10.1016/j.icarus.2018.05.020. Retrieved 4 May 2025.