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Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature

Basic Info

Feature Name Aconia
Clean Name Aconia
Feature ID 15196
Target Vesta
Feature Type Crater, craters

Location


IAU Coordinate System for (4) Vesta
Coordinate System Planetocentric, +East, 0 - 360
Northmost Latitude 9.54 °
Southmost Latitude 5.53 °
Eastmost Longitude 153.52 °
Westmost Longitude 149.22 °
Diameter 19.00 km
Center Latitude 7.54 °
Center Longitude 151.37 °
Quad -

Status and Origin

Approval Status Adopted by IAU
Approval Date Feb 05, 2014
Continent Europe
Ethnicity Roman
Origin Fabia Aconia Paulina; Roman aristocratic woman, wife of Praetextatus (d. c. 384).
Reference [313] - Ancient Rome in Light of Recent Discoveries, by Roldolfo Lanciani: Houghton and Mifflin, New York, 1888.
Updated Feb 05, 2014 7:17 AM

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