Ceres mountains and craters named for food
Crop deities and harvest celebrations provide inspiration for dwarf planet's monikers
COVERED WITH CROPS This false-color map of Ceres obtained by the Dawn spacecraft highlights the dwarf planet’s newly named features and its changing mineral composition. Red marks places that strongly reflect infrared light whereas blue regions reflect shorter wavelengths.
JPL-Caltech/NASA, UCLA, MPS, DLR, IDA