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Planetary Names: Crater, craters: Fausta on Vesta

Fausta

Feature Name	Fausta
Clean Name	Fausta
Feature ID	15206
Target	Vesta
Feature Type	Crater, craters
Coordinate System	Planetocentric, +East, 0 - 360
Control Network	IAU Coordinate System for (4) Vesta
Northernmost Latitude	-25.09 °
Southernmost Latitude	-25.79 °
Easternmost Longitude	100.15 °
Westernmost Longitude	99.37 °
Diameter	3.14 km
Center Latitude	-25.44 °
Center Longitude	99.76 °
WKT String	POLYGON ((99.73057228186521 -25.79122022625968, 99.66976967954768 -25.78254352389747, 99.61122215117761 -25.76540376838156, 99.55637133121158 -25.74022299737631, 99.50656782887657 -25.70762124503408, 99.46303797168842 -25.66840127469653, 99.42685360919843 -25.62352881219699, 99.39890572050008 -25.57410876648538, 99.3798824753669 -25.52135802310283, 99.37025228922857 -25.46657548042112, 99.37025228922857 -25.41111006645389, 99.3798824753669 -25.35632752377217, 99.39890572050008 -25.30357678038962, 99.42685360919843 -25.25415673467801, 99.46303797168842 -25.20928427217848, 99.50656782887657 -25.17006430184093, 99.55637133121158 -25.13746254949869, 99.61122215117761 -25.11228177849345, 99.66976967954768 -25.09514202297753, 99.73057228186521 -25.08646532061533, 99.79213279626883 -25.08646532061533, 99.85293539858635 -25.09514202297753, 99.91148292695642 -25.11228177849345, 99.96633374692246 -25.13746254949869, 100.0161372492575 -25.17006430184093, 100.0596671064456 -25.20928427217848, 100.0958514689356 -25.25415673467801, 100.123799357634 -25.30357678038962, 100.1428226027671 -25.35632752377217, 100.1524527889055 -25.41111006645389, 100.1524527889055 -25.46657548042112, 100.1428226027671 -25.52135802310283, 100.123799357634 -25.57410876648538, 100.0958514689356 -25.62352881219699, 100.0596671064456 -25.66840127469653, 100.0161372492575 -25.70762124503408, 99.96633374692246 -25.74022299737631, 99.91148292695642 -25.76540376838156, 99.85293539858635 -25.78254352389747, 99.79213279626883 -25.79122022625968, 99.73057228186521 -25.79122022625968))
Continent	Europe
Ethnic/Cultural Group or Country	Roman
Quad	-
Reference	[320] - On the Death of Empress Fausta, by David Woods: Greece and Rome, Volume XLV, No. 1, April, 1998.
Approval Status	Adopted by IAU
Approval Date	Feb 05, 2014
Origin	Flavia Maxima; Roman Empress, wife of Constantine I, executed by him (d. 326).
Last Updated	Feb 05, 2014 8:12 AM

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