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Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature

Basic Info

Feature Name Placidia
Clean Name Placidia
Feature ID 15223
Target Vesta
Feature Type Crater, craters

Location


IAU Coordinate System for (4) Vesta
Coordinate System Planetocentric, +East, 0 - 360
Northmost Latitude 20.90 °
Southmost Latitude 17.59 °
Eastmost Longitude 283.12 °
Westmost Longitude 279.64 °
Diameter 14.75 km
Center Latitude 19.24 °
Center Longitude 281.38 °
Quad -

Status and Origin

Approval Status Adopted by IAU
Approval Date Feb 05, 2014
Continent Europe
Ethnicity Roman
Origin Galla; daughter of the Roman Emperor Theodorius I, wife of Athualf, King of the Visigoths, and Constantius III, Roman Emperor (390-450).
Reference [282] - A to Z of ancient Greek and Roman Women, by Marjorie Lightman and Benjamin Lightman: Facts on File, New York, 2008.
Updated Feb 05, 2014 9:07 AM

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