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Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature

Basic Info

Feature Name Aricia Tholus
Clean Name Aricia Tholus
Feature ID 14913
Target Vesta
Feature Type Tholus, tholi

Location


IAU Coordinate System for (4) Vesta
Coordinate System Planetocentric, +East, 0 - 360
Northmost Latitude 17.69 °
Southmost Latitude 8.92 °
Eastmost Longitude 314.57 °
Westmost Longitude 308.59 °
Diameter 39.02 km
Center Latitude 13.38 °
Center Longitude 311.55 °
Quad -

Status and Origin

Approval Status Adopted by IAU
Approval Date Dec 27, 2011
Continent Europe
Culture Roman
Origin City at the foot of Albanus Mons, once a powerful city in early Latium (present-day Ariccia).
Reference [182] - Oxford Classical Dictionary: Oxford University Press, London, 1968.
Updated Mar 18, 2014 10:19 AM

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