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Planetary Names: Terra, terrae: Vestalia Terra on Vesta

Vestalia Terra

Feature Name	Vestalia Terra
Clean Name	Vestalia Terra
Feature ID	14914
Target	Vesta
Feature Type	Terra, terrae
Coordinate System	Planetocentric, +East, 0 - 360
Control Network	IAU Coordinate System for (4) Vesta
Northernmost Latitude	23.64 °
Southernmost Latitude	-32.43 °
Easternmost Longitude	75.87 °
Westernmost Longitude	0.28 °
Diameter	335.56 km
Center Latitude	-3.73 °
Center Longitude	33.47 °
WKT String	POLYGON ((8.015625 23.642578125, 13.11328125 23.642578125, 16.27734375 21.005859375, 18.9140625 18.193359375, 28.7578125 15.029296875, 36.140625 12.919921875, 40.7109375 12.041015625, 44.9296875 11.689453125, 51.78515625 16.083984375, 54.94921875 18.896484375, 59.51953125 21.005859375, 67.078125 18.017578125, 72.3515625 15.556640625, 73.40625 13.095703125, 72.703125 10.634765625, 73.9775390625 7.646484375, 75.1640625 6.416015625, 75.8671875 5.2294921875, 75.8671875 3.779296875, 74.28515625 1.318359375, 69.71484375 -6.943359375, 67.25390625 -11.162109375, 55.65234375 -16.787109375, 43.875 -23.291015625, 33.15234375 -26.982421875, 25.59375 -31.201171875, 15.3984375 -32.431640625, 8.89453125 -29.794921875, 2.0390625 -22.939453125, 0.6328125 -20.830078125, 0.28125 6.591796875, 2.7421875 9.404296875, 6.08203125 13.271484375, 6.609375 18.193359375, 6.9609375 22.236328125, 8.015625 23.642578125))
Continent	Europe
Ethnic/Cultural Group or Country	Roman
Quad	-
Reference	[261] - Roman Festivals of the Period of the Republic, by W. Warde Fowler: MacMillan and Co., London, 1908.
Approval Status	Adopted by IAU
Approval Date	Dec 27, 2011
Origin	Roman festival of Vesta, held June 7-15.
Last Updated	Mar 19, 2014 11:14 AM

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