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Planetary Names: Crater, craters: Arruntia on Vesta

Arruntia

Feature Name	Arruntia
Clean Name	Arruntia
Feature ID	14932
Target	Vesta
Feature Type	Crater, craters
Coordinate System	Planetocentric, +East, 0 - 360
Control Network	IAU Coordinate System for (4) Vesta
Northernmost Latitude	40.62 °
Southernmost Latitude	38.27 °
Easternmost Longitude	223.12 °
Westernmost Longitude	220.06 °
Diameter	10.49 km
Center Latitude	39.44 °
Center Longitude	221.59 °
WKT String	POLYGON ((221.4694895096918 38.27064456299289, 221.2322991600591 38.2995351214077, 221.0039058315679 38.35660485680689, 220.7899333259597 38.44044852290133, 220.5956503564565 38.54900161037062, 220.4258408145557 38.67959118193419, 220.2846859747444 38.82900168893823, 220.1756615376449 38.99355414883527, 220.10145204673 39.1691967339443, 220.063884785953 39.35160454089564, 220.063884785953 39.53628608410535, 220.10145204673 39.7186938910567, 220.1756615376449 39.89433647616573, 220.2846859747444 40.05888893606276, 220.4258408145557 40.2082994430668, 220.5956503564565 40.33888901463038, 220.7899333259597 40.44744210209966, 221.0039058315679 40.5312857681941, 221.2322991600591 40.58835550359329, 221.4694895096918 40.61724606200811, 221.7096364668682 40.61724606200811, 221.9468268165009 40.58835550359329, 222.175220144992 40.5312857681941, 222.3891926506003 40.44744210209966, 222.5834756201035 40.33888901463038, 222.7532851620043 40.2082994430668, 222.8944400018156 40.05888893606276, 223.003464438915 39.89433647616573, 223.07767392983 39.7186938910567, 223.115241190607 39.53628608410535, 223.115241190607 39.35160454089564, 223.07767392983 39.1691967339443, 223.003464438915 38.99355414883527, 222.8944400018156 38.82900168893824, 222.7532851620043 38.67959118193419, 222.5834756201035 38.54900161037062, 222.3891926506003 38.44044852290133, 222.175220144992 38.35660485680689, 221.9468268165009 38.2995351214077, 221.7096364668682 38.27064456299289, 221.4694895096918 38.27064456299289))
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	Roman vestal virgin (c. 70 B.C.).
Last Updated	Mar 18, 2014 10:21 AM

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