Planetary Names

Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature

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

Planetary Names: Crater, craters: Albana on Vesta

Albana

Feature Name	Albana
Clean Name	Albana
Feature ID	15051
Target	Vesta
Feature Type	Crater, craters
Coordinate System	Planetocentric, +East, 0 - 360
Control Network	IAU Coordinate System for (4) Vesta
Northernmost Latitude	85.74 °
Southernmost Latitude	65.32 °
Easternmost Longitude	245.30 °
Westernmost Longitude	157.08 °
Diameter	90.86 km
Center Latitude	76.61 °
Center Longitude	200.69 °
WKT String	POLYGON ((240.4475723636252 83.30272013829469, 244.195009329645 81.82573137680937, 245.2966134706107 80.2779513261098, 244.7986071806624 78.71725749803427, 243.293140806721 77.17758617437804, 241.1266319951988 75.68136128046069, 238.511608444754 74.24510116308483, 235.5846912491259 72.88208151091847, 232.4374374058307 71.60366756332367, 229.1334252284523 70.42000084268672, 225.718132504071 69.34034882556627, 222.2248898195482 68.37326638220856, 218.6786150963097 67.52664646409417, 215.09825092092 66.80770368987901, 211.4984214810623 66.22291735454822, 207.8906095802341 65.77795103404081, 204.2840350080049 65.47756040825173, 200.6863484294952 65.32549737180553, 197.1042170022452 65.32441610453913, 193.5438572330257 65.47578512169601, 190.0115610521888 65.77980818163108, 186.5142599491976 66.23535610971433, 183.0601788197365 66.83991089743877, 179.6596476031728 67.58952259215114, 176.3261693066165 68.47877813805732, 173.0778966514937 69.50077891682041, 169.9397638028793 70.64711938286779, 166.946688509857 71.90785132253717, 164.1485717025735 73.27140382036231, 161.6184172003866 74.72440152039815, 159.4660745765526 76.25126866381417, 157.8625288482566 77.8333889817865, 157.0847303431617 79.44732500176902, 157.6013141851537 81.06096022555657, 160.2366027613244 82.62485184764327, 166.4425443781334 84.05257608529331, 178.3974093407327 85.18116508650526, 197.107037499791 85.74060416760075, 217.5039537457215 85.50925370193814, 232.2720748716621 84.59963992451658, 240.4475723636252 83.30272013829469))
Continent	Europe
Ethnic/Cultural Group or Country	Roman
Quad	-
Reference	[279] - The Journal of Philology, by William Clark, John Mayor, William Wright, Ingram Bywater, and Henry Jackson: Macmillan and Co., London, 1899.
Approval Status	Adopted by IAU
Approval Date	Nov 21, 2012
Origin	Roman vestal virgin.
Last Updated	Mar 18, 2014 8:50 AM

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