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Planetary Names: Crater, craters: Rheasilvia on Vesta

Rheasilvia

Feature Name	Rheasilvia
Clean Name	Rheasilvia
Feature ID	14886
Target	Vesta
Feature Type	Crater, craters
Coordinate System	Planetocentric, +East, 0 - 360
Control Network	IAU Coordinate System for (4) Vesta
Northernmost Latitude	-26.11 °
Southernmost Latitude	-86.78 °
Easternmost Longitude	355.45 °
Westernmost Longitude	0.27 °
Diameter	450.00 km
Center Latitude	-71.95 °
Center Longitude	86.30 °
WKT String	POLYGON ((254.0073528289795 -53.16871452331543, 267.6298084259033 -53.26189041137695, 281.1251430511475 -52.63654518127441, 294.1103420257568 -51.35210800170898, 306.3268070220947 -49.53238487243652, 317.6682224273682 -47.33320236206055, 328.1506900787354 -44.91207122802734, 337.8627185821533 -42.40861892700195, 360.0000019073486 -36.22444152832031, 360.0000019073486 -90, 0 -90, 0 -36.22444152832031, 18.91523170471191 -31.71190452575684, 26.30251502990723 -30.23423957824707, 33.57655143737793 -29.00316429138184, 40.7818431854248 -28.01069831848145, 47.95318412780762 -27.24402046203613, 55.11681938171387 -26.68747711181641, 69.48946189880371 -26.13826751708984, 76.71755790710449 -26.1148681640625, 91.27192497253418 -26.51400184631348, 105.9523372650146 -27.47905921936035, 113.3402805328369 -28.17959785461426, 128.2433948516846 -30.06042098999023, 135.7904834747314 -31.26387023925781, 151.2243404388428 -34.24735069274902, 180.0000019073486 -41, 185.0775127410889 -42.40974044799805, 194.6788349151611 -44.73003005981445, 204.9630336761475 -47.01802825927734, 216.0355281829834 -49.15418815612793, 227.9522647857666 -50.99383735656738, 240.6710872650146 -52.38006019592285, 254.0073528289795 -53.16871452331543))
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	Rhea Silvia, Roman vestal virgin, mother of Romulus and Remus (c. 770 B.C.).
Last Updated	Mar 28, 2014 8:11 AM
Additional Information	The name of the crater has been condensed to Rheasilvia to avoid the use of a double name.

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