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Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature

Basic Info

Feature Name Licinia
Clean Name Licinia
Feature ID 14940
Target Vesta
Feature Type Crater, craters

Location


IAU Coordinate System for (4) Vesta
Coordinate System Planetocentric, +East, 0 - 360
Northmost Latitude 25.62 °
Southmost Latitude 21.05 °
Eastmost Longitude 170.30 °
Westmost Longitude 164.41 °
Diameter 24.05 km
Center Latitude 23.34 °
Center Longitude 167.35 °
Quad -

Status and Origin

Approval Status Adopted by IAU
Approval Date Feb 28, 2012
Continent Europe
Ethnicity Roman
Origin Roman vestal virgin (c. 140-113 B.C.).
Reference [257] - A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology, by Sir William Smith: I.B. Tauris, 2007.
Updated Mar 18, 2014 2:09 PM

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