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Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature

Basic Info

Feature Name Plancia
Clean Name Plancia
Feature ID 15224
Target Vesta
Feature Type Crater, craters

Location


IAU Coordinate System for (4) Vesta
Coordinate System Planetocentric, +East, 0 - 360
Northmost Latitude 63.63 °
Southmost Latitude 59.48 °
Eastmost Longitude 348.14 °
Westmost Longitude 339.68 °
Diameter 18.48 km
Center Latitude 61.56 °
Center Longitude 343.91 °
Quad -

Status and Origin

Approval Status Adopted by IAU
Approval Date Feb 05, 2014
Continent Europe
Ethnicity Roman
Origin Plancia Magna; daughter of Roman Senator Varus, wife of Tertullus, benefactress and patron of Perga, the capital of the Roman province of Pamphylia in Asia Minor (1st-2nd century A.D.).
Reference [283] - A History of Women Philosophers, edited by Mary Ellen Waithe: Martinus Nijhoff Publishers, Dordrecht, 1987.
Updated Feb 05, 2014 9:10 AM

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