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International Astronomical Union (IAU) Working Group for Planetary System Nomenclature (WGPSN)

Planetary Names: Crater, craters: Marcia on Vesta

Marcia

Feature Name	Marcia
Clean Name	Marcia
Feature ID	14882
Target	Vesta
Feature Type	Crater, craters
Coordinate System	Planetocentric, +East, 0 - 360
Control Network	IAU Coordinate System for (4) Vesta
Northernmost Latitude	16.31 °
Southernmost Latitude	0.97 °
Easternmost Longitude	345.99 °
Westernmost Longitude	333.33 °
Diameter	67.60 km
Center Latitude	8.98 °
Center Longitude	339.55 °
WKT String	POLYGON ((339.349609375 16.30615234375, 340.931640625 16.17431640625, 343.0849609375 15.47119140625, 344.7548828125 14.41650390625, 345.4140625 13.01025390625, 345.9853515625 11.07666015625, 345.9853515625 9.31884765625, 345.677734375 7.29736328125, 345.23828125 5.84716796875, 343.919921875 4.08935546875, 342.3818359375 2.85888671875, 341.546875 1.93603515625, 340.3603515625 1.23291015625, 339.3056640625 0.96923828125, 337.943359375 1.10107421875, 336.5810546875 1.67236328125, 335.7021484375 2.33154296875, 334.8671875 3.25439453125, 334.2080078125 3.78173828125, 333.9443359375 4.48486328125, 333.9443359375 5.67138671875, 334.1201171875 6.77001953125, 333.63671875 8.22021484375, 333.3291015625 9.93408203125, 333.3291015625 10.59326171875, 333.7685546875 11.60400390625, 334.3837890625 12.74658203125, 334.4716796875 14.37255859375, 334.8671875 15.25146484375, 337.064453125 15.99853515625, 339.349609375 16.30615234375))
Continent	Europe
Ethnic/Cultural Group or Country	Roman
Quad	-
Reference	[257] - A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology, by Sir William Smith: I.B. Tauris, 2007.
Approval Status	Adopted by IAU
Approval Date	Sep 30, 2011
Origin	Roman vestal virgin (d. 113 B.C.).
Last Updated	Mar 19, 2014 7:29 AM

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