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Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature

Basic Info

Feature Name Fundania
Clean Name Fundania
Feature ID 15209
Target Vesta
Feature Type Crater, craters

Location


IAU Coordinate System for (4) Vesta
Coordinate System Planetocentric, +East, 0 - 360
Northmost Latitude 60.91 °
Southmost Latitude 54.34 °
Eastmost Longitude 290.92 °
Westmost Longitude 279.12 °
Diameter 29.23 km
Center Latitude 57.62 °
Center Longitude 285.02 °
Quad -

Status and Origin

Approval Status Adopted by IAU
Approval Date Feb 05, 2014
Continent Europe
Ethnicity Roman
Origin Annia Fundania Faustina; Roman noblewoman, cousin of M. Aurelius, victim of Commodus (d. 192).
Reference [321] - Septimius Severus, the African Emperor, by Anthony R. Birley: Routledge, New York, 1988.
Updated Feb 05, 2014 8:21 AM

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