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What is the most accurate, publically available map we have of Ceres, including official names of all named craters? Any data sets on Cerean geography would be very welcome.

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The USGS Astrogeology Science Center's Astropedia is an excellent source for derived mapping data products (though only 7 Ceres products).

Here is a "Ceres Nomenclature" data product: Image

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    $\begingroup$ Is this it though? There are lots of unnamed craters visible in these images, are they really unnamed or just not shown here? $\endgroup$
    – Innovine
    Sep 15, 2021 at 9:03
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    $\begingroup$ @Innovine There is also Ceres Dawn Zeilnhofer Crater Database 2020 available on Astropedia. It has ~45,000 crater identified of which only 117 are named. $\endgroup$ Sep 15, 2021 at 11:38
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    $\begingroup$ Does that mean they are unnamed, or just unnamed in astropedias data? $\endgroup$
    – Innovine
    Sep 15, 2021 at 19:52
  • $\begingroup$ @Innovine it means they are (almost certainly) unnamed $\endgroup$ Sep 16, 2021 at 11:30
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NASA has produced a topographical features map of Ceres, with names for some craters. The map was produced in 2015.

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This one has few more details,

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You can use the Jmars software to see the geography of ceres and other planetary bodies https://jmars.mars.asu.edu/

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