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Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature

Basic Info

Feature Name Drusilla
Clean Name Drusilla
Feature ID 14934
Target Vesta
Feature Type Crater, craters

Location


IAU Coordinate System for (4) Vesta
Coordinate System Planetocentric, +East, 0 - 360
Northmost Latitude -12.76 °
Southmost Latitude -17.33 °
Eastmost Longitude 53.53 °
Westmost Longitude 48.90 °
Diameter 20.34 km
Center Latitude -15.05 °
Center Longitude 51.22 °
Quad -

Status and Origin

Approval Status Adopted by IAU
Approval Date Feb 28, 2012
Continent Europe
Culture Roman
Origin Julia; famous Roman woman, second daughter of Germanicus and Agrippina, sister of Gaius (16-38).
Reference [182] - Oxford Classical Dictionary: Oxford University Press, London, 1968.
Updated Mar 18, 2014 1:28 PM

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