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Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature

Basic Info

Feature Name Postumia
Clean Name Postumia
Feature ID 15226
Target Vesta
Feature Type Crater, craters

Location


IAU Coordinate System for (4) Vesta
Coordinate System Planetocentric, +East, 0 - 360
Northmost Latitude 55.85 °
Southmost Latitude 11.83 °
Eastmost Longitude 58.86 °
Westmost Longitude 8.68 °
Diameter 195.89 km
Center Latitude 33.84 °
Center Longitude 33.77 °
Quad -

Status and Origin

Approval Status Adopted by IAU
Approval Date Feb 05, 2014
Continent Europe
Ethnicity Roman
Origin Roman vestal virgin (c. 420 B.C.).
Reference [255] - History of the Vestal Virgins of Rome, by T. Cato Worsfold: Kessinger Publishing, 1997.
Updated Feb 05, 2014 9:17 AM

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