Ysolo Mons
Translingual
editEtymology
editYsolo + mons. Erroneously named after an internet hoax (a fake Albanian eggplant festival) which fooled the astronomers looking for names of festivals, following the naming directive to name features on Ceres after world festivals.
Proper noun
edit- (geology, astronomy, obsolete) Former name of Yamor Mons. (2015-2017), a mountain on Ceres, a dwarf planet found in the Main Asteroid Belt.
Usage notes
editThe name was changed after the discovery of the fact that the festival that the feature was named after was a hoax.