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Planetary Names: Crater, craters: Perpennia on Vesta

Perpennia

Feature Name	Perpennia
Clean Name	Perpennia
Feature ID	15222
Target	Vesta
Feature Type	Crater, craters
Coordinate System	Planetocentric, +East, 0 - 360
Control Network	IAU Coordinate System for (4) Vesta
Northernmost Latitude	-20.75 °
Southernmost Latitude	-25.30 °
Easternmost Longitude	261.36 °
Westernmost Longitude	256.14 °
Diameter	21.36 km
Center Latitude	-23.03 °
Center Longitude	258.75 °
WKT String	POLYGON ((258.5470049126599 -25.30424421439169, 258.1416727234438 -25.24817936835897, 257.7513736746712 -25.13743017887139, 257.3857182242511 -24.97472365852965, 257.0537100229138 -24.76406618185653, 256.7635242144479 -24.5106448350598, 256.5223061365299 -24.22069969275484, 256.3359953787946 -23.90137016661794, 256.2091795304273 -23.56051920937654, 256.1449812184929 -23.20653970281739, 256.1449812184929 -22.84814779718261, 256.2091795304273 -22.49416829062346, 256.3359953787946 -22.15331733338206, 256.5223061365299 -21.83398780724516, 256.7635242144479 -21.5440426649402, 257.0537100229138 -21.29062131814347, 257.3857182242511 -21.07996384147035, 257.7513736746712 -20.91725732112861, 258.1416727234438 -20.80650813164103, 258.5470049126599 -20.75044328560831, 258.9573896186001 -20.75044328560831, 259.3627218078162 -20.80650813164103, 259.7530208565889 -20.91725732112861, 260.1186763070088 -21.07996384147035, 260.4506845083462 -21.29062131814347, 260.740870316812 -21.5440426649402, 260.9820883947301 -21.83398780724516, 261.1683991524654 -22.15331733338206, 261.2952150008327 -22.49416829062346, 261.3594133127671 -22.84814779718261, 261.3594133127671 -23.20653970281739, 261.2952150008327 -23.56051920937654, 261.1683991524654 -23.90137016661794, 260.9820883947301 -24.22069969275484, 260.740870316812 -24.5106448350598, 260.4506845083462 -24.76406618185653, 260.1186763070088 -24.97472365852965, 259.7530208565889 -25.13743017887139, 259.3627218078162 -25.24817936835897, 258.9573896186001 -25.30424421439169, 258.5470049126599 -25.30424421439169))
Continent	Europe
Ethnic/Cultural Group or Country	Roman
Quad	-
Reference	[256] - Rome’s Vestal Virgins: A study of Rome’s Vestal priestesses in the late Republic and early Empire, by Robin Lorsch Wildfang: Routledge, 2006.
Approval Status	Adopted by IAU
Approval Date	Feb 05, 2014
Origin	Roman vestal virgin (c. 100-70 B.C.).
Last Updated	Feb 05, 2014 9:05 AM

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