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Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature

Basic Info

Feature Name Flavola
Clean Name Flavola
Feature ID 15207
Target Vesta
Feature Type Crater, craters

Location


IAU Coordinate System for (4) Vesta
Coordinate System Planetocentric, +East, 0 - 360
Northmost Latitude -8.86 °
Southmost Latitude -9.46 °
Eastmost Longitude 329.88 °
Westmost Longitude 329.23 °
Diameter 2.87 km
Center Latitude -9.16 °
Center Longitude 329.56 °
Quad -

Status and Origin

Approval Status Adopted by IAU
Approval Date Feb 05, 2014
Continent Europe
Ethnicity Roman
Origin Roman vestal virgin (c. 215).
Reference [255] - History of the Vestal Virgins of Rome, by T. Cato Worsfold: Kessinger Publishing, 1997.
Updated Feb 05, 2014 8:15 AM

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