Planetary Names

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

Planetary Names: Crater, craters: Teia on Vesta

Teia

Feature Name	Teia
Clean Name	Teia
Feature ID	14948
Target	Vesta
Feature Type	Crater, craters
Coordinate System	Planetocentric, +East, 0 - 360
Control Network	IAU Coordinate System for (4) Vesta
Northernmost Latitude	-2.76 °
Southernmost Latitude	-4.11 °
Easternmost Longitude	61.82 °
Westernmost Longitude	60.31 °
Diameter	6.69 km
Center Latitude	-3.44 °
Center Longitude	61.06 °
WKT String	POLYGON ((61.0044280615206 -4.110023531592405, 60.88730275992912 -4.093419585356505, 60.77452145359671 -4.060620537146351, 60.66886119258499 -4.012434008382709, 60.57292368318633 -3.950046511325638, 60.48907122528056 -3.874994233204921, 60.41936854467152 -3.789125210192117, 60.36553195268576 -3.694553822616757, 60.32888708489149 -3.593608731905384, 60.31033625955106 -3.488775541208859, 60.31033625955106 -3.382635591603541, 60.32888708489149 -3.277802400907017, 60.36553195268576 -3.176857310195644, 60.41936854467152 -3.082285922620284, 60.48907122528056 -2.996416899607479, 60.57292368318633 -2.921364621486762, 60.66886119258499 -2.858977124429691, 60.77452145359671 -2.810790595666041, 60.88730275992912 -2.777991547455901, 61.0044280615206 -2.761387601219996, 61.1230133447294 -2.761387601219996, 61.24013864632088 -2.777991547455901, 61.35291995265329 -2.810790595666041, 61.45858021366501 -2.858977124429691, 61.55451772306367 -2.921364621486762, 61.63837018096944 -2.996416899607479, 61.70807286157848 -3.082285922620284, 61.76190945356424 -3.176857310195644, 61.79855432135851 -3.277802400907017, 61.81710514669894 -3.382635591603541, 61.81710514669894 -3.488775541208859, 61.79855432135851 -3.593608731905384, 61.76190945356424 -3.694553822616757, 61.70807286157848 -3.789125210192117, 61.63837018096944 -3.874994233204921, 61.55451772306367 -3.950046511325638, 61.45858021366501 -4.012434008382709, 61.35291995265329 -4.060620537146349, 61.24013864632088 -4.093419585356505, 61.1230133447294 -4.110023531592405, 61.0044280615206 -4.110023531592405))
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	Teia Euphrosyne Ruffina, Roman vestal virgin (c. 200).
Last Updated	Mar 19, 2014 10:32 AM

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