Fifteen New Names for Vesta

21 November 2012

The IAU Working Group for Planetary System Nomenclature has approved names for eleven craters, two catenae, one dorsum, and one tholus on Vesta (Albana, Domna, Eumachia, Eutropia, Fonteia, Galeria, Mamilia, Myia, Paulina, Pomponia, Torquata, Albalonga Catena, Robigalia Catena, Lavinium Dorsum, and Brumalia Tholus). For more information, see the IAU Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature.

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