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Planetary Names: Crater, craters: Aelia on Vesta

Aelia

Feature Name	Aelia
Clean Name	Aelia
Feature ID	14929
Target	Vesta
Feature Type	Crater, craters
Coordinate System	Planetocentric, +East, 0 - 360
Control Network	IAU Coordinate System for (4) Vesta
Northernmost Latitude	-13.78 °
Southernmost Latitude	-14.74 °
Easternmost Longitude	291.31 °
Westernmost Longitude	290.30 °
Diameter	4.34 km
Center Latitude	-14.26 °
Center Longitude	290.80 °
WKT String	POLYGON ((290.7653012807609 -14.73586015885875, 290.6870405055007 -14.72408573259457, 290.6116823006679 -14.70082680551794, 290.541082235365 -14.6666560896054, 290.4769787175081 -14.62241498128886, 290.420950188454 -14.56919284348289, 290.3743762565361 -14.50830018185438, 290.3384037265283 -14.44123637582383, 290.3139183615054 -14.3696527588677, 290.3015230724164 -14.29531195720785, 290.3015230724164 -14.22004448810415, 290.3139183615054 -14.1457036864443, 290.3384037265283 -14.07412006948817, 290.3743762565361 -14.00705626345762, 290.420950188454 -13.94616360182911, 290.4769787175081 -13.89294146402314, 290.541082235365 -13.8487003557066, 290.6116823006679 -13.81452963979406, 290.6870405055007 -13.79127071271743, 290.7653012807609 -13.77949628645325, 290.8445375864291 -13.77949628645325, 290.9227983616893 -13.79127071271743, 290.9981565665221 -13.81452963979406, 291.068756631825 -13.8487003557066, 291.1328601496819 -13.89294146402314, 291.188888678736 -13.94616360182911, 291.2354626106539 -14.00705626345762, 291.2714351406617 -14.07412006948817, 291.2959205056846 -14.1457036864443, 291.3083157947735 -14.22004448810415, 291.3083157947735 -14.29531195720785, 291.2959205056846 -14.3696527588677, 291.2714351406617 -14.44123637582383, 291.2354626106539 -14.50830018185438, 291.188888678736 -14.56919284348289, 291.1328601496819 -14.62241498128886, 291.068756631825 -14.66665608960541, 290.9981565665221 -14.70082680551794, 290.9227983616893 -14.72408573259457, 290.8445375864291 -14.73586015885875, 290.7653012807609 -14.73586015885875))
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	Feb 28, 2012
Origin	Aelia Oculata; Roman vestal virgin (c. 83).
Last Updated	Mar 17, 2014 2:24 PM

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