Tupo (crater)

Tupo
	Dawn photo showing Tupo crater
Feature type	Impact crater
Location	Ceres
Coordinates	32°21′S 88°23′E / 32.35°S 88.38°E
Diameter	36 km
Discoverer	Dawn
Eponym	Mangarevan god

Tupo is a crater in the southern hemisphere of the dwarf planet Ceres, located at 32.35° S, 88.38° E. It has a diameter of 36 km. The crater is named after a Polynesian deity,^[1] that was invoked on the island Mangareva during the planting of turmeric.^[2]

References

^ ^a ^b "Tupo (crater)". Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature. USGS Astrogeology Research Program., accessed 19 February 2019
^ Orliac, C. (2002). "Le Dieu Rao de Mangareva et le Curcuma longa". Journal de la Société des Océanistes. 114–115: 203.

[GPN-1] "Tupo (crater)". Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature. USGS Astrogeology Research Program., accessed 19 February 2019

[2] Orliac, C. (2002). "Le Dieu Rao de Mangareva et le Curcuma longa". Journal de la Société des Océanistes. 114–115: 203.

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