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Planetary Names: Crater, craters: Cossinia on Vesta

Cossinia

Feature Name	Cossinia
Clean Name	Cossinia
Feature ID	15205
Target	Vesta
Feature Type	Crater, craters
Coordinate System	Planetocentric, +East, 0 - 360
Control Network	IAU Coordinate System for (4) Vesta
Northernmost Latitude	2.39 °
Southernmost Latitude	-1.14 °
Easternmost Longitude	180.35 °
Westernmost Longitude	177.57 °
Diameter	15.72 km
Center Latitude	0.63 °
Center Longitude	178.96 °
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Continent	Europe
Ethnic/Cultural Group or Country	Roman
Quad	-
Reference	[319] - A Note on the Monument and Tomb of a Vestal Virgin at Tivoli in The Journal of Roman Studies, by G.H. Hallam: Society for the Promotion of Roman Studies, volume 20, p. 14-15, 1930.
Approval Status	Adopted by IAU
Approval Date	Feb 05, 2014
Origin	Roman vestal virgin.
Last Updated	Feb 05, 2014 7:53 AM

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