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Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature

Basic Info

Feature Name Laurentia
Clean Name Laurentia
Feature ID 15214
Target Vesta
Feature Type Crater, craters

Location


IAU Coordinate System for (4) Vesta
Coordinate System Planetocentric, +East, 0 - 360
Northmost Latitude -26.90 °
Southmost Latitude -29.39 °
Eastmost Longitude 94.27 °
Westmost Longitude 91.34 °
Diameter 11.48 km
Center Latitude -28.15 °
Center Longitude 92.80 °
Quad -

Status and Origin

Approval Status Adopted by IAU
Approval Date Feb 05, 2014
Continent Europe
Ethnicity Roman
Origin Acca; mythical woman, wife of the shepherd Faustulus in Roman mythology, adoptive mother of Romulus and Remus.
Reference [257] - A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology, by Sir William Smith: I.B. Tauris, 2007.
Updated Feb 05, 2014 8:38 AM

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