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Planetary Names: Crater, craters: Varronilla on Vesta

Varronilla

Feature Name	Varronilla
Clean Name	Varronilla
Feature ID	15228
Target	Vesta
Feature Type	Crater, craters
Coordinate System	Planetocentric, +East, 0 - 360
Control Network	IAU Coordinate System for (4) Vesta
Northernmost Latitude	46.92 °
Southernmost Latitude	12.31 °
Easternmost Longitude	200.17 °
Westernmost Longitude	158.99 °
Diameter	158.45 km
Center Latitude	29.62 °
Center Longitude	179.58 °
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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. 10-83).
Last Updated	Feb 05, 2014 9:27 AM

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