Achita (crater)

Achita
	Achita Crater
Feature type	Impact crater
Location	Ceres
Coordinates	25°49′N65°58′E / 25.82°N 65.96°E
Diameter	40 kilometres (25 mi)
Discoverer	Dawn
Naming	After the Nigerian god of agriculture

Last updated September 30, 2025

Achita is a large impact crater on the dwarf planet Ceres. The crater is named after Achita, a Nigerian god of agriculture. The crater was imaged as part of NASA's Dawn mission.^[2] The probe showed that Achita has mass-wasting ridges on the floor^[3] and is the fourth oldest crater on Ceres having been formed 570 million years ago.^[4]

References

↑ Staff (6 July 2015). "Planetary Names: Crater, craters: Achita on Ceres". USGS . Retrieved 23 August 2017.
↑ Russell, C. T.; Raymond, C. A.; Ammannito, E.; Buczkowski, D. L.; De Sanctis, M. C.; Hiesinger, H.; Jaumann, R.; Konopliv, A. S.; McSween, H. Y.; Nathues, A.; Park, R. S.; Pieters, C. M.; Prettyman, T. H.; McCord, T. B.; McFadden, L. A. (2 September 2016). "Dawn arrives at Ceres: Exploration of a small, volatile-rich world" (PDF). Science. 353 (6303): 1008–1010. Bibcode:2016Sci...353.1008R. doi: 10.1126/science.aaf4219 . ISSN 0036-8075. PMID 27701107. S2CID 33455833.
↑ Hiesinger, H.; Marchi, S.; Schmedemann, N.; Schenk, P.; Pasckert, J. H.; Neesemann, A.; O’Brien, D. P.; Kneissl, T.; Ermakov, A. I.; Fu, R. R.; Bland, M. T.; Nathues, A.; Platz, T.; Williams, D. A.; Jaumann, R. (2 September 2016). "Cratering on Ceres: Implications for its crust and evolution". Science. 353 (6303): aaf4759. Bibcode:2016Sci...353.4759H. doi: 10.1126/science.aaf4759 . ISSN 0036-8075. PMID 27701089. S2CID 7736874.{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: article number as page number (link)
↑ Pasckert, J.H.; Hiesinger, H.; Ruesch, O.; Williams, D.A.; Naß, A.; Kneissl, T.; Mest, S.C.; Buczkowski, D.L.; Scully, J.E.C.; Schmedemann, N.; Jaumann, R.; Roatsch, T.; Preusker, F.; Nathues, A.; Hoffmann, M. (December 2018). "Geologic mapping of the Ac-2 Coniraya quadrangle of Ceres from NASA's Dawn mission: Implications for a heterogeneously composed crust" . Icarus. 316: 28–45. Bibcode:2018Icar..316...28P. doi:10.1016/j.icarus.2017.06.015. S2CID 125968460.

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[1] Staff (6 July 2015). "Planetary Names: Crater, craters: Achita on Ceres". USGS . Retrieved 23 August 2017.

[2] Russell, C. T.; Raymond, C. A.; Ammannito, E.; Buczkowski, D. L.; De Sanctis, M. C.; Hiesinger, H.; Jaumann, R.; Konopliv, A. S.; McSween, H. Y.; Nathues, A.; Park, R. S.; Pieters, C. M.; Prettyman, T. H.; McCord, T. B.; McFadden, L. A. (2 September 2016). "Dawn arrives at Ceres: Exploration of a small, volatile-rich world" (PDF). Science. 353 (6303): 1008–1010. Bibcode:2016Sci...353.1008R. doi: 10.1126/science.aaf4219 . ISSN 0036-8075. PMID 27701107. S2CID 33455833.

[3] Hiesinger, H.; Marchi, S.; Schmedemann, N.; Schenk, P.; Pasckert, J. H.; Neesemann, A.; O’Brien, D. P.; Kneissl, T.; Ermakov, A. I.; Fu, R. R.; Bland, M. T.; Nathues, A.; Platz, T.; Williams, D. A.; Jaumann, R. (2 September 2016). "Cratering on Ceres: Implications for its crust and evolution". Science. 353 (6303): aaf4759. Bibcode:2016Sci...353.4759H. doi: 10.1126/science.aaf4759 . ISSN 0036-8075. PMID 27701089. S2CID 7736874.{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: article number as page number (link)

[4] Pasckert, J.H.; Hiesinger, H.; Ruesch, O.; Williams, D.A.; Naß, A.; Kneissl, T.; Mest, S.C.; Buczkowski, D.L.; Scully, J.E.C.; Schmedemann, N.; Jaumann, R.; Roatsch, T.; Preusker, F.; Nathues, A.; Hoffmann, M. (December 2018). "Geologic mapping of the Ac-2 Coniraya quadrangle of Ceres from NASA's Dawn mission: Implications for a heterogeneously composed crust" . Icarus. 316: 28–45. Bibcode:2018Icar..316...28P. doi:10.1016/j.icarus.2017.06.015. S2CID 125968460.

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