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Coniraya (crater)

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Location
  
Ceres

Coniraya (crater)

Diameter
  
136.12 kilometres (84.58 mi)

Naming
  
After the Inca god of the Moon

Coniraya // is a large crater on Ceres

The crater is named after the Incan lunar and fertility deity. In one story, Coniraya Viracocha (Kon Iraya Wiraqocha) came to earth at Huarochirí (Waruchiri), where he created villages, terraced fields and irrigation canals.

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Coniraya (crater) Wikipedia