Ahuna Mons

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Ahuna Mons is a prominent solitary mountain on the dwarf planet Ceres, notable for its steep slopes, bright salty deposits, and likely cryovolcanic origin.

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
Ahuna Mons canonical 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf cryovolcano ⓘ
mountain ⓘ
discoveredBy Dawn spacecraft ⓘ
linked to: Dawn mission
hasAge tens of millions of years ⓘ
hasAlbedoCharacteristic higher albedo than surrounding terrain ⓘ
hasBaseDiameter approximately 20 kilometers ⓘ
hasColor bright ⓘ
hasDiscoveryMethod spacecraft imaging ⓘ
hasGeologicalProcess brine effusion ⓘ
cryovolcanism ⓘ
ice extrusion ⓘ
hasIAUStatus approved planetary feature name ⓘ
hasImagingInstrument Dawn Framing Camera ⓘ
Dawn Visible and Infrared Spectrometer ⓘ
hasLatitude approximately 10 degrees south ⓘ
hasLongitude approximately 316 degrees east ⓘ
hasNameOrigin Ahuna, a harvest festival of the Sumi Naga people of India ⓘ
hasNotableCharacteristic bright deposits ⓘ
isolated topographic feature ⓘ
likely cryovolcanic origin ⓘ
salty deposits ⓘ
steep slopes ⓘ
young geological age ⓘ
hasPlanetaryFeatureType mons ⓘ
hasRelativeHeight approximately 4 kilometers above surrounding terrain ⓘ
hasScientificSignificance constrains thermal and interior evolution of Ceres ⓘ
key example of cryovolcanism on a dwarf planet ⓘ
hasShape conical ⓘ
hasSlopeCharacteristic very steep flanks ⓘ
hasSummitWidth approximately 10 kilometers ⓘ
hasSurfaceFeature fractures ⓘ
lobate flows ⓘ
radial bright streaks ⓘ
smooth flanks ⓘ
hasSurfaceFeatureType solitary mountain ⓘ
isEvidenceFor recent cryovolcanic activity on Ceres ⓘ
isHighestMountainOn Ceres ⓘ
isNamedAfter Ahuna ⓘ
isPartOf surface of Ceres ⓘ
isYoungerThan most of Ceres’ surface ⓘ
locatedIn Asteroid belt ⓘ
Ceres ⓘ
outer Solar System ⓘ
locatedOnAstronomicalBody Ceres ⓘ
observedBySpacecraft Dawn ⓘ
surfaceComposition ammonium salts ⓘ
salts ⓘ
sodium carbonate ⓘ
water ice ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Ceres → surfaceFeature → Ahuna Mons ⓘ