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Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature

Basic Info

Feature Name Longina
Clean Name Longina
Feature ID 15216
Target Vesta
Feature Type Crater, craters

Location


IAU Coordinate System for (4) Vesta
Coordinate System Planetocentric, +East, 0 - 360
Northmost Latitude 38.95 °
Southmost Latitude 34.98 °
Eastmost Longitude 22.95 °
Westmost Longitude 18.35 °
Diameter 17.65 km
Center Latitude 36.96 °
Center Longitude 20.65 °
Quad -

Status and Origin

Approval Status Adopted by IAU
Approval Date Feb 05, 2014
Continent Europe
Ethnicity Roman
Origin Domitia; Roman empress, wife of Emperor Domitian, Augusta of Rome (c. 51-130).
Reference [323] - Domitia Longina and the Politics of Portraiture, by Eric R. Varner: American Journal of Archaeology (Archaeological Institute of America), volume 99, no. 2, pp. 187–206, 1995.
Updated Feb 05, 2014 8:43 AM

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