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Liberalia Mons is a mountain on the surface of the dwarf-planet Ceres.
| Feature type | Cryovolcanic dome |
|---|---|
| Location | Ceres |
| Coordinates | 6°01′S 311°01′E / 6.02°S 311.01°E |
| Peak | 4.1 km (2.5 mi) 13,500 ft (4,100 m)[1] |
| Discoverer | Dawn spacecraft team 2015 |
| Eponym | Libera, festival for Ceres, Liber, and Libera in Ancient Rome.[2] |
Liberalia Mons is located in the north-western hemisphere of Ceres. It is to the north-west of Ahuna Mons, the east of Samhain Catenae, and west of Rongo.[3]
Liberalia Mons is the largest mountain on Ceres in terms of base area.
Etymology
Liberalia Mons is named after the ancient Roman festival, Liberalia, celebrated on March 17th which celebrates Liber, Libera, and Ceres, the fertility gods. It was informally named such when it was discovered by the Dawn Spacecraft in March of 2015 and its name was adopted by the IAU on December 14th, 2015[4][5]
References
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- ^ Roatsch, Thomas (3 March 2021). "Ceres Map" (PDF). asc-planetarynames-data.s3.us-west-2.amazonaws.com.
- ^ "Ceres - Liberalia Mons". planetarynames.wr.usgs.gov.
- ^ Zambon, F.; Raponi, A.; Tosi, F.; De Sanctis, M. C.; McFadden, L. A.; Carrozzo, F. G.; Longobardo, A.; Ciarniello, M.; Krohn, K.; Stephan, K.; Palomba, E.; Pieters, C. M.; Ammannito, E.; Russell, C. T.; Raymond, C. A. (16 January 2017). "Spectral analysis of Ahuna Mons from Dawn mission's visible‐infrared spectrometer". Geophysical Research Letters. 44 (1): 97–104. doi:10.1002/2016GL071303. Retrieved 22 July 2024.