Planetary Names

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Planetary Names: Crater, craters: Metrodora on Vesta

Metrodora

Feature Name	Metrodora
Clean Name	Metrodora
Feature ID	15219
Target	Vesta
Feature Type	Crater, craters
Coordinate System	Planetocentric, +East, 0 - 360
Control Network	IAU Coordinate System for (4) Vesta
Northernmost Latitude	-56.73 °
Southernmost Latitude	-62.12 °
Easternmost Longitude	105.73 °
Westernmost Longitude	95.35 °
Diameter	23.99 km
Center Latitude	-59.43 °
Center Longitude	100.54 °
WKT String	POLYGON ((100.1297142082925 -62.12015550026211, 99.32302621715377 -62.05379302944786, 98.54625702888201 -61.92270215209522, 97.81853327884167 -61.7301107606703, 97.15777394093534 -61.48076109440416, 96.58024910299683 -61.18079296962436, 96.10017934323123 -60.83759259710011, 95.72938557238415 -60.45961070901971, 95.47699796368781 -60.05615447391764, 95.34923113769479 -59.63715832329661, 95.34923113769479 -59.21293933295339, 95.47699796368781 -58.79394318233236, 95.72938557238415 -58.39048694723029, 96.10017934323123 -58.01250505914989, 96.58024910299683 -57.66930468662564, 97.15777394093534 -57.36933656184584, 97.81853327884167 -57.1199868955797, 98.54625702888201 -56.92739550415478, 99.32302621715377 -56.79630462680214, 100.1297142082925 -56.72994215598789, 100.9464576667125 -56.72994215598789, 101.7531456578512 -56.79630462680214, 102.529914846123 -56.92739550415477, 103.2576385961633 -57.1199868955797, 103.9183979340697 -57.36933656184584, 104.4959227720082 -57.66930468662564, 104.9759925317738 -58.01250505914989, 105.3467863026209 -58.39048694723029, 105.5991739113172 -58.79394318233236, 105.7269407373102 -59.21293933295339, 105.7269407373102 -59.63715832329661, 105.5991739113172 -60.05615447391764, 105.3467863026209 -60.45961070901971, 104.9759925317738 -60.83759259710011, 104.4959227720082 -61.18079296962436, 103.9183979340697 -61.48076109440415, 103.2576385961633 -61.7301107606703, 102.529914846123 -61.92270215209522, 101.7531456578512 -62.05379302944786, 100.9464576667125 -62.12015550026211, 100.1297142082925 -62.12015550026211))
Continent	Europe
Ethnic/Cultural Group or Country	Roman
Quad	-
Reference	[325] - Roman Wives, Roman Widows, by Bruce W. Winter: Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing Co., Cambridge, 2003.
Approval Status	Adopted by IAU
Approval Date	Feb 05, 2014
Origin	Claudia Metrodora; Greek woman with Roman citizenship, prominent public benefactor (mid 1st century A.D.).
Last Updated	Feb 05, 2014 8:51 AM

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