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Planetary Names: Crater, craters: Paulina on Vesta

Paulina

Feature Name	Paulina
Clean Name	Paulina
Feature ID	15059
Target	Vesta
Feature Type	Crater, craters
Coordinate System	Planetocentric, +East, 0 - 360
Control Network	IAU Coordinate System for (4) Vesta
Northernmost Latitude	12.96 °
Southernmost Latitude	8.89 °
Easternmost Longitude	135.15 °
Westernmost Longitude	131.06 °
Diameter	18.13 km
Center Latitude	10.92 °
Center Longitude	133.11 °
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Continent	Europe
Ethnic/Cultural Group or Country	Roman
Quad	-
Reference	[284] - Roman Imperialism and Civic Patronage, by Brenda Longfellow: Cambridge University Press, New York, 2011.
Approval Status	Adopted by IAU
Approval Date	Nov 21, 2012
Origin	Aurelia; priestess for life of asylum-granting Artemis Pergaia, built hydreion at her own expense.
Last Updated	Mar 19, 2014 8:44 AM

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