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Yalode (crater)

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Feature type
  
Crater

Diameter
  
271 km

Location
  
Ceres

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Eponym
  
Yalodé, Dahomeyan (Fon) deity of the yam harvest

Yalode /jəˈld/ is the largest confirmed crater on Ceres after Kerwan. It is adjacent to another large crater, Urvara. It is named after the Dahomeyan deity of the yam harvest, Yalodé. It appears to have a series of canyons running from it, in a northwestern direction. These may be ejecta from it. The canyons have been collectively named Samhain Catena.

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