Planetary Names

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Planetary Names: Crater, craters: Africana on Vesta

Africana

Feature Name	Africana
Clean Name	Africana
Feature ID	15197
Target	Vesta
Feature Type	Crater, craters
Coordinate System	Planetocentric, +East, 0 - 360
Control Network	IAU Coordinate System for (4) Vesta
Northernmost Latitude	71.53 °
Southernmost Latitude	66.45 °
Easternmost Longitude	353.86 °
Westernmost Longitude	337.87 °
Diameter	25.43 km
Center Latitude	68.99 °
Center Longitude	345.87 °
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Continent	Europe
Ethnic/Cultural Group or Country	Roman
Quad	-
Reference	[283] - A History of Women Philosophers, edited by Mary Ellen Waithe: Martinus Nijhoff Publishers, Dordrecht, 1987.
Approval Status	Adopted by IAU
Approval Date	Feb 05, 2014
Origin	Cornelia Africana; Roman noblewoman, wife of Tiberus Gracchus Major, mother of Tiberus and Gaius Gracchus (c. 190-100 B.C.).
Last Updated	Feb 05, 2014 7:15 AM

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Africana

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