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Dantu (crater)

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Location
  
Ceres

Dantu (crater)

Diameter
  
124.62 kilometres (77.44 mi)

Naming
  
After the first Gã god of planting

Dantu /ˈdænt/ is a large crater on Ceres. It is rimmed by a number of minor faculae (Bright Spot 2).

The crater is named after Dantu, the timekeeper and first god of planting (millet) of the Gã people of Accra, Ghana.

References

Dantu (crater) Wikipedia