Planetary Names

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Planetary Names: Crater, craters: Paculla on Vesta

Paculla

Feature Name	Paculla
Clean Name	Paculla
Feature ID	15221
Target	Vesta
Feature Type	Crater, craters
Coordinate System	Planetocentric, +East, 0 - 360
Control Network	IAU Coordinate System for (4) Vesta
Northernmost Latitude	-61.98 °
Southernmost Latitude	-66.45 °
Easternmost Longitude	156.93 °
Westernmost Longitude	145.37 °
Diameter	22.34 km
Center Latitude	-64.22 °
Center Longitude	151.15 °
WKT String	POLYGON ((150.695207851232 -66.44552099860053, 149.7970149536362 -66.39060033309909, 148.9321346335611 -66.28211133115208, 148.1218631148601 -66.1227253520418, 147.3861519714604 -65.91636700754567, 146.7431168533979 -65.66811752496929, 146.2085914193906 -65.38408963046648, 145.795737459612 -65.07127703343441, 145.5147208087353 -64.73738221817753, 145.3724610293462 -64.39062678318081, 145.3724610293462 -64.03954899806919, 145.5147208087353 -63.69279356307247, 145.795737459612 -63.35889874781559, 146.2085914193906 -63.04608615078352, 146.7431168533979 -62.7620582562807, 147.3861519714604 -62.51380877370432, 148.1218631148601 -62.3074504292082, 148.9321346335611 -62.14806445009792, 149.7970149536362 -62.03957544815091, 150.695207851232 -61.98465478264946, 151.604596836278 -61.98465478264946, 152.5027897338738 -62.03957544815091, 153.3676700539488 -62.14806445009792, 154.1779415726499 -62.3074504292082, 154.9136527160496 -62.51380877370432, 155.5566878341121 -62.7620582562807, 156.0912132681194 -63.04608615078352, 156.504067227898 -63.35889874781559, 156.7850838787747 -63.69279356307247, 156.9273436581638 -64.03954899806919, 156.9273436581638 -64.39062678318081, 156.7850838787747 -64.73738221817753, 156.504067227898 -65.07127703343441, 156.0912132681194 -65.38408963046648, 155.5566878341121 -65.66811752496929, 154.9136527160496 -65.91636700754567, 154.1779415726499 -66.1227253520418, 153.3676700539489 -66.28211133115208, 152.5027897338738 -66.39060033309909, 151.604596836278 -66.44552099860053, 150.695207851232 -66.44552099860053))
Continent	Europe
Ethnic/Cultural Group or Country	Roman
Quad	-
Reference	[327] - Studies in Greek Culture and Roman Policy, by Erich S. Gruen: University of California Press, Berkley, 1990.
Approval Status	Adopted by IAU
Approval Date	Feb 05, 2014
Origin	Paculla Annia; Campanian (Southern Italy) priestess of Bacchus whose reforms radically altered the Bacchanalian ritual in ancient Rome (fl. c. 188 B.C.).
Last Updated	Feb 05, 2014 9:02 AM

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