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Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature

Basic Info

Feature Name Coelia
Clean Name Coelia
Feature ID 15204
Target Vesta
Feature Type Crater, craters

Location


IAU Coordinate System for (4) Vesta
Coordinate System Planetocentric, +East, 0 - 360
Northmost Latitude 0.33 °
Southmost Latitude -2.61 °
Eastmost Longitude 241.40 °
Westmost Longitude 238.25 °
Diameter 14.06 km
Center Latitude -1.14 °
Center Longitude 239.82 °
Quad -

Status and Origin

Approval Status Adopted by IAU
Approval Date Feb 05, 2014
Continent Europe
Ethnicity Roman
Origin Coelia Concordia; the last Roman vestal virgin and the last Vestalis Maxima (Chief Vestal) after the Temple of Vesta was closed in 391 (d. 406 A.D.).
Reference [318] - Fasti Sacerdotum: A Prosopography of Pagan, Jewish, and Christian Religious Officials in the City of Rome, 300 B.C. to A.D. 499, by Jorg Rupke: Oxford University Press, 2008, p. 387, 2005.
Updated Feb 05, 2014 7:50 AM

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