Planetary Names

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Planetary Names: Crater, craters: Scantia on Vesta

Scantia

Feature Name	Scantia
Clean Name	Scantia
Feature ID	14945
Target	Vesta
Feature Type	Crater, craters
Coordinate System	Planetocentric, +East, 0 - 360
Control Network	IAU Coordinate System for (4) Vesta
Northernmost Latitude	31.72 °
Southernmost Latitude	27.54 °
Easternmost Longitude	67.02 °
Westernmost Longitude	62.28 °
Diameter	18.61 km
Center Latitude	29.63 °
Center Longitude	64.65 °
WKT String	POLYGON ((64.46622430165944 27.54080489877294, 64.09779665197543 27.59229302268054, 63.74303341076499 27.69400146200586, 63.41067002641843 27.84342581742175, 63.1088903885092 28.03688676538686, 62.84512531327178 28.26962065530222, 62.62586957224465 28.53589680639862, 62.45652196943999 28.82915861611617, 62.34125240487128 29.1421850054195, 62.282899197776 29.46726822572893, 62.282899197776 29.79640364927107, 62.34125240487128 30.1214868695805, 62.45652196943999 30.43451325888383, 62.62586957224465 30.72777506860138, 62.84512531327178 30.99405121969778, 63.1088903885092 31.22678510961314, 63.41067002641843 31.42024605757825, 63.74303341076499 31.56967041299414, 64.09779665197543 31.67137885231946, 64.46622430165944 31.72286697622707, 64.83924444834055 31.72286697622707, 65.20767209802456 31.67137885231946, 65.56243533923499 31.56967041299414, 65.89479872358156 31.42024605757825, 66.19657836149081 31.22678510961314, 66.46034343672822 30.99405121969778, 66.67959917775535 30.72777506860138, 66.84894678056001 30.43451325888383, 66.96421634512872 30.1214868695805, 67.022569552224 29.79640364927107, 67.022569552224 29.46726822572893, 66.96421634512872 29.1421850054195, 66.84894678056001 28.82915861611617, 66.67959917775535 28.53589680639862, 66.46034343672822 28.26962065530222, 66.19657836149082 28.03688676538686, 65.89479872358156 27.84342581742175, 65.56243533923499 27.69400146200586, 65.20767209802456 27.59229302268054, 64.83924444834055 27.54080489877294, 64.46622430165944 27.54080489877294))
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. 40 B.C.-A.D. 23).
Last Updated	Mar 19, 2014 10:23 AM

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