Ceres Nomenclature, Feature names approved for use on Ceres |
Ceres Nomenclature, Feature names approved for use on Ceres |
Jul 7 2015, 07:07 PM
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16 craters on Ceres now have official names
http://planetarynames.wr.usgs.gov/SearchRe...er%2C%20craters The crater with the main bright spots is now named Occator I'm working on a quick map with the names -------------------- &@^^!% Jim! I'm a geologist, not a physicist!
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Jul 7 2015, 11:16 PM
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Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 3419 Joined: 9-February 04 From: Minneapolis, MN, USA Member No.: 15 |
Trying to get my head around how to pronounce the Spot 5 crater, I googled the name. Lots and lots of results identifying Occator as the God of the Harrow (or hoeing, in modern parlance), whose spirit was invoked by priests of Ceres, but very little with useful pronunciation guides.
What little I found suggests it is pronounced ah-CATE-ore. Not OCK-a-tore. -------------------- “The trouble ain't that there is too many fools, but that the lightning ain't distributed right.” -Mark Twain
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