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Planetary Names: Dorsum, dorsa: Neptunalia Dorsa on Vesta

Neptunalia Dorsa

Feature Name	Neptunalia Dorsa
Clean Name	Neptunalia Dorsa
Feature ID	15230
Target	Vesta
Feature Type	Dorsum, dorsa
Coordinate System	Planetocentric, +East, 0 - 360
Control Network	IAU Coordinate System for (4) Vesta
Northernmost Latitude	-36.88 °
Southernmost Latitude	-53.54 °
Easternmost Longitude	89.58 °
Westernmost Longitude	73.63 °
Diameter	83.13 km
Center Latitude	-45.14 °
Center Longitude	80.75 °
WKT String	MULTILINESTRING ((89.578125 -38.28759765625, 88.2158203125 -40.92431640625, 85.271484375 -46.06591796875, 85.7109375 -48.39501953125, 84.744140625 -50.06494140625, 84.7001953125 -51.60302734375), (85.3154296875 -36.92529296875, 84.83203125 -39.38623046875, 84.568359375 -40.70458984375, 83.2060546875 -43.82470703125, 83.0302734375 -44.65966796875, 82.5029296875 -46.10986328125, 80.876953125 -48.04345703125, 80.61328125 -49.84521484375, 81.755859375 -50.85595703125, 81.8876953125 -51.38330078125), (82.4150390625 -37.71630859375, 81.7119140625 -39.78173828125, 80.61328125 -41.14404296875, 79.734375 -42.37451171875, 78.328125 -43.38525390625, 76.8779296875 -45.09912109375, 76.306640625 -46.59326171875, 75.1640625 -49.36181640625, 74.5927734375 -50.81201171875, 74.021484375 -51.73486328125, 73.6259765625 -52.21826171875, 73.7578125 -53.53662109375))
Continent	Europe
Ethnic/Cultural Group or Country	Roman
Quad	-
Reference	[261] - Roman Festivals of the Period of the Republic, by W. Warde Fowler: MacMillan and Co., London, 1908.
Approval Status	Adopted by IAU
Approval Date	Feb 05, 2014
Origin	Roman festival held on July 23 in the heat of the summer to honor Neptunus, god of water.
Last Updated	Mar 19, 2014 7:57 AM

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Neptunalia Dorsa

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