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Planetary Names: Fossa, fossae: Virgil Fossae on Pluto

Virgil Fossae

Feature Name	Virgil Fossae
Clean Name	Virgil Fossae
Feature ID	15675
Target	Pluto
Feature Type	Fossa, fossae
Coordinate System	Planetocentric, +East, 0 - 360
Control Network	UNKNOWN
Northernmost Latitude	12.87 °
Southernmost Latitude	-6.18 °
Easternmost Longitude	136.47 °
Westernmost Longitude	107.82 °
Diameter	710.00 km
Center Latitude	5.23 °
Center Longitude	122.76 °
WKT String	MULTIPOLYGON (((108.88987159729 -6.067100524902344, 110.1218852996826 -5.382648468017578, 111.5364208221436 -5.222942352294922, 112.1296138763428 -4.629751205444336, 113.1562900543213 -3.123954772949219, 113.9548206329346 -2.234167098999023, 115.3693523406982 -1.595344543457031, 117.4911556243896 0.0701580047607422, 118.2212390899658 0.6861629486083984, 119.1794719696045 1.71284294128418, 119.9780025482178 2.123514175415039, 120.9590511322021 2.579816818237305, 121.5978717803955 2.944856643676758, 122.6473636627197 4.176870346069336, 123.1721134185791 5.021028518676758, 123.58278465271 5.773927688598633, 124.0390872955322 6.344305038452148, 124.9516887664795 6.618085861206055, 125.522066116333 6.754976272583008, 126.2977771759033 6.777791976928711, 127.1419353485107 7.439428329467773, 127.8948345184326 7.986989974975586, 128.6933612823486 8.945222854614258, 129.7884883880615 9.49278450012207, 130.1763439178467 9.994718551635742, 130.7239055633545 10.08597755432129, 131.2030200958252 10.67917060852051, 132.435037612915 11.34080696105957, 134.1917972564697 11.91118431091309, 135.8116703033447 12.16214942932129, 136.4733066558838 12.29903984069824, 136.4733066558838 12.86941719055176, 134.8306217193604 12.68689918518066, 130.3132343292236 11.63740348815918, 126.7768955230713 11.36362266540527, 124.0390872955322 7.804468154907227, 121.2784595489502 5.45451545715332, 119.5673274993896 3.241453170776367, 117.4683399200439 1.119649887084961, 114.319860458374 -1.184673309326172, 113.179105758667 -2.09727668762207, 112.6771755218506 -2.850173950195312, 111.0116748809814 -3.557441711425781, 108.7757930755615 -4.949161529541016, 107.8175601959229 -6.181177139282227, 108.88987159729 -6.067100524902344)))
Continent	Europe
Ethnic/Cultural Group or Country	Italy
Quad	-
Reference	[59] - The New Encyclopaedia Britannica: Encyclopaedia Britannica Inc., Chicago, 1974, 1993.
Approval Status	Adopted by IAU
Approval Date	Aug 08, 2017
Origin	Italian; Dante’s guide through Hell and Purgatory in the Divine Comedy of Dante Alighieri (1265–1321).
Last Updated	Sep 15, 2017 12:49 PM

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