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Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature

Basic Info

Feature Name Sentia
Clean Name Sentia
Feature ID 15256
Target Vesta
Feature Type Crater, craters

Location


IAU Coordinate System for (4) Vesta
Coordinate System Planetocentric, +East, 0 - 360
Northmost Latitude -36.68 °
Southmost Latitude -40.10 °
Eastmost Longitude 173.12 °
Westmost Longitude 168.38 °
Diameter 16.54 km
Center Latitude -38.39 °
Center Longitude 170.75 °
Quad -

Status and Origin

Approval Status Adopted by IAU
Approval Date Oct 07, 2014
Continent Europe
Ethnicity Roman
Origin Amaesia Sentia; mentioned by Valerius Maximus as an instance of a female who pleaded her own cause before the praetor; called “Androgyne” for having a man’s spirit with a female body.
Reference [337] - Women in Roman Literature..., by John Everett Brady: Bryant Printing Co., 1894.
Updated Oct 07, 2014 1:45 PM

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