Meanderi (Ceres)
Data as of 2026-10-23
What it is
- Type
- Crater, craters
- IAU definition
A circular depression
- Diameter
- 103 km, 22 % of the radius of its body
- Centre
- 40.8° S, 194.19° east (planetocentric latitude, east longitude from 0 to 360°, the IAU convention)
- Name adopted
- October 15, 2015
- Origin of the name
Ngaing (New Guinea) goddess of taro, sugar cane, and other foods.
Quoted in English, as the IAU publishes it.
In Galaxy
Opens its body in the application, the camera turned towards Meanderi.
Missions to its body
No observation record of this formation is crossed here. These are the missions the Planetary Data System declares for its body; none is claimed to have observed Meanderi.
Sources
International Astronomical Union Working Group for Planetary System Nomenclature, Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature, read on October 23, 2026. Feature page: https://planetarynames.wr.usgs.gov/Feature/15424
Type definitions: IAU Descriptor Terms, read on October 17, 2026. https://planetarynames.wr.usgs.gov/DescriptorTerms