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Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature

Basic Info

Feature Name Portia
Clean Name Portia
Feature ID 15225
Target Vesta
Feature Type Crater, craters

Location


IAU Coordinate System for (4) Vesta
Coordinate System Planetocentric, +East, 0 - 360
Northmost Latitude 2.19 °
Southmost Latitude -0.38 °
Eastmost Longitude 192.43 °
Westmost Longitude 189.92 °
Diameter 11.44 km
Center Latitude 0.91 °
Center Longitude 191.17 °
Quad -

Status and Origin

Approval Status Adopted by IAU
Approval Date Feb 05, 2014
Continent Europe
Ethnicity Roman
Origin Daughter of Roman statesman Cato Uticensis, second wife of M. Brutus (c. 70-43/42 B.C.).
Reference [328] - Famous Women, by Giovanni Boccaccio and Virginia Brown: copyright 2001 by the president and fellows of Harvard College.
Updated Feb 05, 2014 9:13 AM

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