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Ceres Nomenclature, Feature names approved for use on Ceres

volcanopele View Member Profile	Jul 7 2015, 07:07 PM Post #1
Senior Member Group: Moderator Posts: 3242 Joined: 11-February 04 From: Tucson, AZ Member No.: 23	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! The Gish Bar Times - A Blog all about Jupiter's Moon Io

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dvandorn View Member Profile	Jul 7 2015, 11:16 PM Post #2
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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volcanopele Ceres Nomenclature Jul 7 2015, 07:07 PM

volcanopele And here's that map with names (the mosaic map... Jul 7 2015, 07:44 PM

Habukaz I guess that makes them the Occator spots. Could t... Jul 7 2015, 07:46 PM

MarsInMyLifetime QUOTE (volcanopele @ Jul 7 2015, 01:07 PM... Jul 7 2015, 09:34 PM

dvandorn Trying to get my head around how to pronounce the ... Jul 7 2015, 11:16 PM

Daniele_bianchino_Italy it's Strange. Im don't result occator in ... Jul 7 2015, 11:22 PM

stevesliva I think there's a fair chance the first syllab... Jul 7 2015, 11:33 PM

charborob And in Latin, the "a" should be pronounc... Jul 8 2015, 12:29 AM

jekbradbury In the Latin (occātor) the first syllable is ... Jul 8 2015, 12:39 AM

nogal QUOTE (jekbradbury @ Jul 8 2015, 01:39 AM... Jul 8 2015, 12:28 PM

stevesliva QUOTE (jekbradbury @ Jul 7 2015, 08:39 PM... Jul 8 2015, 05:32 PM

TheAnt QUOTE (stevesliva @ Jul 8 2015, 07:32 PM)... Jul 8 2015, 05:51 PM

stevesliva If I were a planetary scientist, I probably wouldn... Jul 8 2015, 05:55 PM

Gladstoner I've mentioned it before and will do so again ... Jul 8 2015, 09:53 PM

Daniele_bianchino_Italy I am not satisfied with some names .. :-/ I hope i... Jul 9 2015, 09:47 AM

volcanopele There is a new name for Ceres. The large impact b... Jul 13 2015, 05:57 PM

TheAnt Urvara hmm, not Finnish unless misspelled, so my b... Jul 14 2015, 03:04 AM

charborob Something here about the name "Urvara" m... Jul 14 2015, 12:14 PM

Patteroast Another new name, Kait. Looks like it's markin... Jul 25 2015, 11:52 AM

Habukaz The IAU have their own host a map here: http://pla... Jul 25 2015, 01:22 PM

volcanopele More features have been named. I'll make a ne... Sep 24 2015, 02:10 PM

Habukaz As can be seen on the map I posted above (which ha... Sep 24 2015, 03:02 PM

volcanopele That wasn't updated when I saw it this morning... Sep 24 2015, 03:14 PM

Bill Harris QUOTE (VP)More features have been named. I'll.... Sep 24 2015, 03:35 PM

volcanopele These were names approved a few days ago. Here... Sep 24 2015, 03:50 PM

Habukaz Didn't notice it until now: the big mountain i... Oct 10 2015, 06:16 PM

Habukaz The bright spots in Occator have now been named. A... Dec 13 2016, 08:57 AM

Ron Hobbs I was curious about the name change and found this... Dec 13 2016, 03:47 PM

Habukaz Ouch. I see now that someone questioned its existe... Dec 13 2016, 06:44 PM

Daniele_bianchino_Italy you have an image of " Yamor Mons " ? Dec 19 2016, 10:41 AM

Antdoghalo I guess this can fit here since it involves mappin... Jan 25 2021, 06:31 AM

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