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Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature

Basic Info

Feature Name Severina
Clean Name Severina
Feature ID 14908
Target Vesta
Feature Type Crater, craters

Location


IAU Coordinate System for (4) Vesta
Coordinate System Planetocentric, +East, 0 - 360
Northmost Latitude -71.51 °
Southmost Latitude -79.31 °
Eastmost Longitude 286.17 °
Westmost Longitude 256.92 °
Diameter 34.74 km
Center Latitude -75.41 °
Center Longitude 271.55 °
Quad -

Status and Origin

Approval Status Adopted by IAU
Approval Date Dec 27, 2011
Continent Europe
Ethnicity Roman
Origin Roman vestal virgin (c. 240).
Reference [260] - The Roman Forum: Its History and Its Monuments, by Christian Hulsen and Jesse Benedict Carter: Ermanno Loescher and Co., Rome, 1906.
Updated Mar 19, 2014 10:26 AM

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