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Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature

Basic Info

Feature Name Africana
Clean Name Africana
Feature ID 15197
Target Vesta
Feature Type Crater, craters

Location


IAU Coordinate System for (4) Vesta
Coordinate System Planetocentric, +East, 0 - 360
Northmost Latitude 71.53 °
Southmost Latitude 66.45 °
Eastmost Longitude 353.86 °
Westmost Longitude 337.87 °
Diameter 25.43 km
Center Latitude 68.99 °
Center Longitude 345.87 °
Quad -

Status and Origin

Approval Status Adopted by IAU
Approval Date Feb 05, 2014
Continent Europe
Culture Roman
Origin Cornelia Africana; Roman noblewoman, wife of Tiberus Gracchus Major, mother of Tiberus and Gaius Gracchus (c. 190-100 B.C.).
Reference [283] - A History of Women Philosophers, edited by Mary Ellen Waithe: Martinus Nijhoff Publishers, Dordrecht, 1987.
Updated Feb 05, 2014 7:15 AM

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