Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature
International Astronomical Union (IAU) Working Group for Planetary System Nomenclature (WGPSN)
Planetary Names: Rupes, rupēs: Agonium Rupes on Vesta

Agonium Rupes

Feature Name Agonium Rupes
Clean Name Agonium Rupes
Feature ID 14916
Target Vesta
Feature Type Rupes, rupēs
Coordinate System Planetocentric, +East, 0 - 360
Control Network IAU Coordinate System for (4) Vesta
Northernmost Latitude -43.45 °
Southernmost Latitude -63.75 °
Easternmost Longitude 326.36 °
Westernmost Longitude 306.94 °
Diameter 111.28 km
Center Latitude -53.47 °
Center Longitude 316.08 °
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 celebrated several times a year; on this day the Rex sacrorum offered a ram in the Regia.
Last Updated Mar 18, 2014 7:48 AM

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