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Planetary Names: Crater, craters: Postumia on Vesta

Postumia

Feature Name	Postumia
Clean Name	Postumia
Feature ID	15226
Target	Vesta
Feature Type	Crater, craters
Coordinate System	Planetocentric, +East, 0 - 360
Control Network	IAU Coordinate System for (4) Vesta
Northernmost Latitude	55.85 °
Southernmost Latitude	11.83 °
Easternmost Longitude	58.86 °
Westernmost Longitude	8.68 °
Diameter	195.89 km
Center Latitude	33.84 °
Center Longitude	33.77 °
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Continent	Europe
Ethnic/Cultural Group or Country	Roman
Quad	-
Reference	[255] - History of the Vestal Virgins of Rome, by T. Cato Worsfold: Kessinger Publishing, 1997.
Approval Status	Adopted by IAU
Approval Date	Feb 05, 2014
Origin	Roman vestal virgin (c. 420 B.C.).
Last Updated	Feb 05, 2014 9:17 AM

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