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Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature

Basic Info

Feature Name Albana
Clean Name Albana
Feature ID 15051
Target Vesta
Feature Type Crater, craters

Location


IAU Coordinate System for (4) Vesta
Coordinate System Planetocentric, +East, 0 - 360
Northmost Latitude 85.74 °
Southmost Latitude 65.32 °
Eastmost Longitude 245.30 °
Westmost Longitude 157.08 °
Diameter 90.86 km
Center Latitude 76.61 °
Center Longitude 200.69 °
Quad -

Status and Origin

Approval Status Adopted by IAU
Approval Date Nov 21, 2012
Continent Europe
Culture Roman
Origin Roman vestal virgin.
Reference [279] - The Journal of Philology, by William Clark, John Mayor, William Wright, Ingram Bywater, and Henry Jackson: Macmillan and Co., London, 1899.
Updated Mar 18, 2014 8:50 AM

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