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Regiones on Ceres

1 named feature carries the IAU descriptor Regio — a large area distinguished by its brightness or colour on Ceres, out of 51 in the mapped Solar System.

Named
1
of 149 named places on Ceres — 0.7%
Largest
360 km
Homowo Regio
Median size
360 km
Across the 1 with a measured diameter
Named between
2020–2020
IAU approval dates

How regiones on Ceres get their names

The IAU assigns each feature class on each world a naming theme. Across the 1 regiones with a recorded origin, one category covers them all, led by Ghana.

Ghana1

All 1 regiones on Ceres

Every one has its own page, on the surface it sits on.

Regiones elsewhere in the Solar System

The same descriptor is used on 6 other worlds, for 50 more features.