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Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature

Basic Info

Feature Name Caesonia
Clean Name Caesonia
Feature ID 15201
Target Vesta
Feature Type Crater, craters

Location


IAU Coordinate System for (4) Vesta
Coordinate System Planetocentric, +East, 0 - 360
Northmost Latitude 42.91 °
Southmost Latitude 19.49 °
Eastmost Longitude 263.07 °
Westmost Longitude 236.80 °
Diameter 104.23 km
Center Latitude 31.20 °
Center Longitude 249.93 °
Quad -

Status and Origin

Approval Status Adopted by IAU
Approval Date Feb 05, 2014
Continent Europe
Ethnicity Roman
Origin Atia Balba Caesonia; Roman noblewoman, daughter of Julius Ceasar’s sister, mother of Emperor Augustus (85-43 B.C.).
Reference [317] - Atia Balba Caesonia, by Frederic P. Miller, Agnes F. Vandome, and John McBrewster: VDM Publishing House Ltd., 2010.
Updated Feb 05, 2014 7:42 AM

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