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Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature

Basic Info

Feature Name Myia
Clean Name Myia
Feature ID 15058
Target Vesta
Feature Type Crater, craters

Location


IAU Coordinate System for (4) Vesta
Coordinate System Planetocentric, +East, 0 - 360
Northmost Latitude -50.24 °
Southmost Latitude -50.82 °
Eastmost Longitude 256.73 °
Westmost Longitude 255.94 °
Diameter 2.58 km
Center Latitude -50.53 °
Center Longitude 256.34 °
Quad -

Status and Origin

Approval Status Adopted by IAU
Approval Date Nov 21, 2012
Continent Europe
Culture Roman
Origin Daughter of Pythagoras and Theano, wife of Milon of Crotona.
Reference [283] - A History of Women Philosophers, edited by Mary Ellen Waithe: Martinus Nijhoff Publishers, Dordrecht, 1987.
Updated Mar 19, 2014 7:52 AM

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