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.

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Ahuna Mons canonical 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf cryovolcano
mountain
discoveredBy Dawn mission
surface form: Dawn spacecraft
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

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

Ceres surfaceFeature Ahuna Mons