Vendimia Planitia (Ceres)
Data as of 2026-10-23
What it is
- Type
- Planitia, planitiae
- IAU definition
Low plain
- Diameter
- 750 km, 160 % of the radius of its body
- Centre
- 23° N, 135° east (planetocentric latitude, east longitude from 0 to 360°, the IAU convention)
- Name adopted
- March 25, 2016
- Origin of the name
Grape harvest festival in Mendoza (Argentina) during the first week of March. It is one of the most important festivals in the country.
Quoted in English, as the IAU publishes it.
In Galaxy
Opens its body in the application, the camera turned towards Vendimia Planitia.
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 Vendimia Planitia.
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/15479
Type definitions: IAU Descriptor Terms, read on October 17, 2026. https://planetarynames.wr.usgs.gov/DescriptorTerms