Haulani (crater)

Haulani
	Haulani imaged by Dawn from LAMO
Location	Ceres
Coordinates	5°20′N 10°35′E / 5.34°N 10.58°E
Diameter	34 kilometres (21 mi)
Naming	Haulani, Hawaiian goddess of plants

Haulani /haʊˈlɑːni/ is an impact crater located on Ceres that contains "Spot 1", one of the bright spots observed by the Dawn spacecraft. The crater was named after Haulani, the Hawaiian goddess of plants.^[1]^[2] In July 2018, NASA released a comparison of physical features, including Haulani crater, found on Ceres with similar ones present on Earth.^[4]

Haulani is one of the youngest craters on Ceres, estimated to have been formed between 1.7 and 5.9 Myr (million years) ago,^[5] and as such has numerous unique geological features, with much evidence of tectonic activity.^[3] The crater is internally divided between its east, which lies on a raised plateau, and its west, which is of a low altitude.^[5]

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^ ^a ^b Staff (6 July 2015). "Planetary Names: Crater, craters: Haulani on Ceres". USGS. Retrieved 16 July 2015.
^ ^a ^b Staff (13 July 2015). "USGS: Ceres nomenclature" (PDF). USGS. Retrieved 16 July 2015.
^ ^a ^b Krohn, Katrin; et al. (December 2018). "The unique geomorphology and structural geology of the Haulani crater of dwarf planet Ceres as revealed by geological mapping of equatorial quadrangle Ac-6 Haulani" (PDF). Icarus. 316. Elsevier: 84–98. doi:10.1016/j.icarus.2017.09.014. S2CID 125918420.
^ Landau, Elizabeth; McCartney, Gretchen (24 July 2018). "What Looks Like Ceres on Earth?". NASA. Retrieved 25 July 2018.
^ ^a ^b Tosi, Federico; et al. (10 April 2018). "Mineralogy and temperature of crater Haulani on Ceres". Meteoritics & Planetary Science. 53 (9). Wiley-Blackwell: 1902–1924. doi:10.1111/maps.13078. S2CID 134355068.

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[USGS-20150706-1] Staff (6 July 2015). "Planetary Names: Crater, craters: Haulani on Ceres". USGS. Retrieved 16 July 2015.

[USGS-20150713-pdf-2] Staff (13 July 2015). "USGS: Ceres nomenclature" (PDF). USGS. Retrieved 16 July 2015.

[Unique-3] Krohn, Katrin; et al. (December 2018). "The unique geomorphology and structural geology of the Haulani crater of dwarf planet Ceres as revealed by geological mapping of equatorial quadrangle Ac-6 Haulani" (PDF). Icarus. 316. Elsevier: 84–98. doi:10.1016/j.icarus.2017.09.014. S2CID 125918420.

[NASA-20180724-4] Landau, Elizabeth; McCartney, Gretchen (24 July 2018). "What Looks Like Ceres on Earth?". NASA. Retrieved 25 July 2018.

[MT-5] Tosi, Federico; et al. (10 April 2018). "Mineralogy and temperature of crater Haulani on Ceres". Meteoritics & Planetary Science. 53 (9). Wiley-Blackwell: 1902–1924. doi:10.1111/maps.13078. S2CID 134355068.

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