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Planetary Names: Crater, craters: Floronia on Vesta

Floronia

Feature Name	Floronia
Clean Name	Floronia
Feature ID	14879
Target	Vesta
Feature Type	Crater, craters
Coordinate System	Planetocentric, +East, 0 - 360
Control Network	IAU Coordinate System for (4) Vesta
Northernmost Latitude	38.31 °
Southernmost Latitude	34.15 °
Easternmost Longitude	96.43 °
Westernmost Longitude	91.70 °
Diameter	18.54 km
Center Latitude	36.23 °
Center Longitude	94.06 °
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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. 216 B.C.).
Last Updated	Mar 18, 2014 1:39 PM

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