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Planetary Names: Crater, craters: Caesonia on Vesta

Caesonia

Feature Name	Caesonia
Clean Name	Caesonia
Feature ID	15201
Target	Vesta
Feature Type	Crater, craters
Coordinate System	Planetocentric, +East, 0 - 360
Control Network	IAU Coordinate System for (4) Vesta
Northernmost Latitude	42.91 °
Southernmost Latitude	19.49 °
Easternmost Longitude	263.07 °
Westernmost Longitude	236.80 °
Diameter	104.23 km
Center Latitude	31.20 °
Center Longitude	249.93 °
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Continent	Europe
Ethnic/Cultural Group or Country	Roman
Quad	-
Reference	[317] - Atia Balba Caesonia, by Frederic P. Miller, Agnes F. Vandome, and John McBrewster: VDM Publishing House Ltd., 2010.
Approval Status	Adopted by IAU
Approval Date	Feb 05, 2014
Origin	Atia Balba Caesonia; Roman noblewoman, daughter of Julius Ceasar’s sister, mother of Emperor Augustus (85-43 B.C.).
Last Updated	Feb 05, 2014 7:42 AM

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