Sintana_(crater) Knowpia

Sintana
	Dawn photo showing selected crater features, Sintana crater is on top
Location	Ceres
Coordinates	48°04′S 46°12′E / 48.07°S 46.2°E
Diameter	58 km
Eponym	Kogi deity who produced fertile black earth

Sintana is a large crater in the Southern Hemisphere of the dwarf planet Ceres, located at 44.21° S, 76.4 ° E. It has a diameter of 58 km. The crater is named after the deity of the Kogi people of northern Colombia who produced fertile black earth.^[1] It was officially named by the IAU on July 3, 2015.^[1]

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^ ^a ^b ^c "Planetary Names: Crater, craters: Sintana on Ceres". USGS. Gazeteer of Planetary Nomenclature. 15 October 2015. Retrieved 30 August 2017.

[GPN-1] "Planetary Names: Crater, craters: Sintana on Ceres". USGS. Gazeteer of Planetary Nomenclature. 15 October 2015. Retrieved 30 August 2017.

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Dawn photo showing selected crater features, Sintana crater is on top
Location	Ceres
Coordinates	48°04′S 46°12′E / 48.07°S 46.2°E / -48.07; 46.2^[1]
Diameter	58 km
Eponym	Kogi deity who produced fertile black earth

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