Planetary Names

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Planetary Names: Crater, craters: Plancia on Vesta

Plancia

Feature Name	Plancia
Clean Name	Plancia
Feature ID	15224
Target	Vesta
Feature Type	Crater, craters
Coordinate System	Planetocentric, +East, 0 - 360
Control Network	IAU Coordinate System for (4) Vesta
Northernmost Latitude	63.63 °
Southernmost Latitude	59.48 °
Easternmost Longitude	348.14 °
Westernmost Longitude	339.68 °
Diameter	18.48 km
Center Latitude	61.56 °
Center Longitude	343.91 °
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Continent	Europe
Ethnic/Cultural Group or Country	Roman
Quad	-
Reference	[283] - A History of Women Philosophers, edited by Mary Ellen Waithe: Martinus Nijhoff Publishers, Dordrecht, 1987.
Approval Status	Adopted by IAU
Approval Date	Feb 05, 2014
Origin	Plancia Magna; daughter of Roman Senator Varus, wife of Tertullus, benefactress and patron of Perga, the capital of the Roman province of Pamphylia in Asia Minor (1st-2nd century A.D.).
Last Updated	Feb 05, 2014 9:10 AM

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