Planetary Names

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International Astronomical Union (IAU) Working Group for Planetary System Nomenclature (WGPSN)

Planetary Names: Crater, craters: Octavia on Vesta

Octavia

Feature Name	Octavia
Clean Name	Octavia
Feature ID	14942
Target	Vesta
Feature Type	Crater, craters
Coordinate System	Planetocentric, +East, 0 - 360
Control Network	IAU Coordinate System for (4) Vesta
Northernmost Latitude	-0.33 °
Southernmost Latitude	-6.27 °
Easternmost Longitude	300.65 °
Westernmost Longitude	293.76 °
Diameter	30.62 km
Center Latitude	-3.30 °
Center Longitude	297.21 °
WKT String	POLYGON ((296.9353250419156 -6.272471361021745, 296.399567473716 -6.199279251046528, 295.8836803204023 -6.054697263754377, 295.4003664358204 -5.842285487512527, 294.9615266118358 -5.567274205206317, 294.5779665413407 -5.236435107316252, 294.2591307462333 -4.857914550424381, 294.0128700219449 -4.441032966879123, 293.8452481247997 -3.996055364817977, 293.7603924622109 -3.533938569599707, 293.7603924622109 -3.066061430400293, 293.8452481247997 -2.603944635182022, 294.0128700219449 -2.158967033120883, 294.2591307462333 -1.742085449575613, 294.5779665413407 -1.363564892683748, 294.9615266118358 -1.032725794793683, 295.4003664358204 -0.7577145124874751, 295.8836803204023 -0.5453027362456258, 296.399567473716 -0.4007207489534679, 296.9353250419156 -0.3275286389782548, 297.4777608955948 -0.3275286389782557, 298.0135184637945 -0.4007207489534683, 298.529405617108 -0.5453027362456204, 299.0127195016899 -0.7577145124874729, 299.4515593256745 -1.032725794793684, 299.8351193961696 -1.363564892683753, 300.153955191277 -1.742085449575613, 300.4002159155654 -2.15896703312088, 300.5678378127106 -2.603944635182021, 300.6526934752994 -3.066061430400292, 300.6526934752994 -3.533938569599707, 300.5678378127106 -3.996055364817979, 300.4002159155654 -4.44103296687912, 300.153955191277 -4.857914550424387, 299.8351193961696 -5.236435107316249, 299.4515593256745 -5.567274205206317, 299.0127195016899 -5.842285487512529, 298.529405617108 -6.054697263754377, 298.0135184637945 -6.199279251046528, 297.4777608955948 -6.272471361021745, 296.9353250419156 -6.272471361021745))
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 (third century A.D.).
Last Updated	Mar 19, 2014 8:08 AM

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