Planetary Names

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Planetary Names: Crater, craters: Caparronia on Vesta

Caparronia

Feature Name	Caparronia
Clean Name	Caparronia
Feature ID	14876
Target	Vesta
Feature Type	Crater, craters
Coordinate System	Planetocentric, +East, 0 - 360
Control Network	IAU Coordinate System for (4) Vesta
Northernmost Latitude	41.56 °
Southernmost Latitude	29.61 °
Easternmost Longitude	323.25 °
Westernmost Longitude	310.99 °
Diameter	53.20 km
Center Latitude	35.71 °
Center Longitude	317.03 °
WKT String	POLYGON ((313.9326171875 40.72412109375, 315.3388671875 41.25146484375, 316.9208984375 41.55908203125, 318.01953125 41.38330078125, 320.0849609375 40.63623046875, 321.88671875 39.84521484375, 322.94140625 38.74658203125, 323.2490234375 37.38427734375, 322.94140625 35.40673828125, 321.974609375 32.94580078125, 320.8759765625 31.05615234375, 319.7333984375 30.17724609375, 318.1513671875 29.91357421875, 317.1845703125 29.82568359375, 315.7783203125 29.60595703125, 314.6357421875 29.69384765625, 313.361328125 30.44091796875, 312.0869140625 32.85791015625, 311.1640625 35.93408203125, 310.98828125 37.99951171875, 311.603515625 39.31787109375, 312.74609375 40.24072265625, 313.9326171875 40.72412109375))
Continent	Europe
Ethnic/Cultural Group or Country	Roman
Quad	-
Reference	[256] - Rome’s Vestal Virgins: A study of Rome’s Vestal priestesses in the late Republic and early Empire, by Robin Lorsch Wildfang: Routledge, 2006.
Approval Status	Adopted by IAU
Approval Date	Sep 30, 2011
Origin	Roman vestal virgin (d. 266 B.C.).
Last Updated	Mar 18, 2014 12:24 PM

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Caparronia

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