Liberalia Mons
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Liberalia Mons is a mountain on the surface of the dwarf-planet Ceres.
| Feature type | Mountain |
|---|---|
| Location | Ceres |
| Coordinates | 6°01′S 311°01′E / 6.02°S 311.01°E |
| Discoverer | Dawn spacecraft team 2015 |
| Eponym | Libera, festival for Ceres, Liber, and Libera in Ancient Rome.[1] |
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.[2]
Liberalia Mons is the largest mountain on Ceres in terms of base area. It has a diameter of roughly 90 km.
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[3][4]
Geology
Liberalia Mons is associated with having a great amount of Sodium carbonate (Na2CO3) because the area of an around it was upwelled from beneath the surface of Ceres.[5] Additionally, some bright materials have been discovered from the mountain and have been unearthed due to the impact of craters.[6]
See also
References
- ^ "Libera Mons Information". plantarynames.w.usgs.gov.
- ^ 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.
- ^ Carrozzo, Filippo Giacomo; De Sanctis, Maria Cristina; Raponi, Andrea; Ammannito, Eleonora; Castillo-Rogez, Julie; Ehlmann, Bethany L.; Marchi, Simone; Stein, Nathaniel; Ciarniello, Mauro; Tosi, Federico; Capaccioni, Fabrizio; Capria, Maria Teresa; Fonte, Sergio; Formisano, Michelangelo; Frigeri, Alessandro; Giardino, Marco; Longobardo, Andrea; Magni, Gianfranco; Palomba, Ernesto; Zambon, Francesca; Raymond, Carol A.; Russell, Christopher T. (2 March 2018). "Nature, formation, and distribution of carbonates on Ceres". Science Advances. 4 (3). doi:10.1126/sciadv.1701645. Retrieved 22 July 2024.
- ^ Kocur, J.; Jurkowski, A.; Kedziora, J.; Czernicki, J.; Kedziora, H. (October 1975). "The influence of 5-hydroxytryptamine and some beta-adrenolytic compounds on adenylylcyclase in rabbit brain in vitro". Polish Journal of Pharmacology and Pharmacy. 27 (Suppl): 113–117. doi:1712.05203. Retrieved 22 July 2024.