List of craters on minor planets
This is a list of all named craters on minor planets in the Solar System as named by IAU's Working Group for Planetary System Nomenclature. In addition tentatively named craters—such as those of Pluto—may also be referred to. The number of craters is given in parenthesis. For a full list of all craters, see list of craters in the Solar System.
- Ceres: 90 craters (24.9%)
- Eros: 37 craters (10.2%)
- Gaspra: 31 craters (8.6%)
- Ida: 21 craters (5.8%)
- Itokawa: 10 craters (2.8%)
- Lutetia: 19 craters (5.3%)
- Mathilde: 23 craters (6.4%)
- Pluto: 17 craters (4.7%)
- Šteins: 23 craters (6.4%)
- Vesta: 90 craters (24.9%)
Distribution of named craters on minor planets as of 2017.
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- Ceres
- Eros
- Gaspra
- Ida
- Lutetia
- Mathilde
- Pluto
- Šteins
- Vesta
Ceres (90)
Crater | Coordinates | Diameter (km) | Approval Year | Eponym | Ref |
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Abellio | 33.2°N 66.91°W | 32 | 2015 | Gaul god of the apple tree | WGPSN |
Achita | 25.82°N 65.96°E | 40 | 2015 | Nigerian god of agriculture | WGPSN |
Annona | 48.14°S 8.43°E | 60 | 2015 | Roman goddess of crops and of the harvest | WGPSN |
Anura | 13.92°S 11.79°E | 37 | 2015 | Arawakan (Guyana) spirit of the tobacco seeds | WGPSN |
Aristaeus | 23.43°N 97.68°E | 35.8 | 2016 | Greek god of agriculture | WGPSN |
Asari | 83.03°N 40.12°W | 56 | 2015 | Syrian god of agriculture | WGPSN |
Attis | 73.07°S 102.16°W | 22 | 2015 | Greek/Phrygian god of vegetation and of fertility | WGPSN |
Azacca | 6.66°S 141.6°W | 49.91 | 2015 | Haitian god of agriculture | WGPSN |
Begbalel | 17.71°N 34.65°W | 102 | 2016 | Yap Islands (Caroline Islands Micronesia) guardian of the taro fields who controls the yield of the crops | WGPSN |
Belun | 33.71°S 3.75°W | 36.04 | 2015 | Belarus god of the fields | WGPSN |
Besua | 42.35°S 59.79°W | 17 | 2015 | Egyptian grain god | WGPSN |
Bilwis | 86.2°N 79.6°E | 7 | 2017 | German corn spirit | WGPSN |
Binayo | 86.4°N 145.2°E | 16 | 2017 | Philippine (Hanunoo/Mangyan Mindoro Island) female spirit caretaker of the rice spirits | WGPSN |
Bonsu | 1.74°N 93.21°E | 31 | 2015 | Bateg/Batek (Malaysia) god who watches over the fruits and flowers | WGPSN |
Braciaca | 22.77°S 84.37°E | 8 | 2016 | Celtic god of malt | WGPSN |
Cacaguat | 1.19°S 143.61°E | 13.6 | 2016 | Nicaraguan god of cacao | WGPSN |
Cachimana | 85.2°N 146.8°W | 18 | 2017 | Atabapo and Inirida tribes’ (Upper Orinoco River region Venezuela) vegetation god who ripens the crops and controls the seasons | WGPSN |
Centeotl | 18.95°N 141.22°E | 6 | 2016 | Mexican god/goddess of maize and agriculture | WGPSN |
Chaminuka | 58.58°S 131.2°E | 122 | 2015 | Shona (Zimbabwe) spirit who provides rains in times of droughts | WGPSN |
Coniraya | 39.9°N 65.73°E | 135 | 2015 | Inca god who was responsible for the system of agricultural terracing and irrigation | WGPSN |
Consus | 20.7°S 159.5°W | 64 | 2016 | Italian agricultural god who watched over the harvested and stored crop | WGPSN |
Cozobi | 45.33°N 72.69°W | 24 | 2015 | Zapotec (S. Mexico) god of maize and of abundant food | WGPSN |
Dada | 58.63°N 23.24°W | 12 | 2015 | Nigerian god of vegetables | WGPSN |
Dantu | 24.3°N 138.23°E | 126 | 2015 | Ghanaian god associated with the planting of the corn | WGPSN |
Darzamat | 44.21°S 76.4°E | 92 | 2015 | Darzamate Dārza-māte; Latvian spirit “Mother of the garden.” | WGPSN |
Datan | 59.5°N 107.69°W | 60 | 2015 | Polish god of the tilling of the soil | WGPSN |
Dikhan | 81.8°N 78.1°E | 21 | 2017 | Dikhan baba; Kazakh preislamic deity of farming | WGPSN |
Doliku | 40.79°S 5.88°E | 15 | 2015 | Dahomey (Benin) god of the fields | WGPSN |
Duginavi | 39.2°N 4.29°E | 155 | 2016 | Kogi (N. Colombia) god who taught people agriculture | WGPSN |
Ernutet | 52.93°N 45.52°E | 53.4 | 2015 | Egyptian cobra-headed goddess of the harvest | WGPSN |
Enzinu | 43.24°N 164.3°W | 116 | 2015 | Sumerian goddess of the grain | WGPSN |
Fejokoo | 29.15°N 47.89°W | 68 | 2015 | Nigerian god who supplied the yams | WGPSN |
Fluusa | 31.31°S 178.22°E | 60 | 2015 | Oscan (ancient S. Italy) goddess of flowers counterpart of Roman goddess Flora | WGPSN |
Gaue | 30.81°N 86.16°E | 80 | 2015 | Germanic goddess to whom offerings are made in harvesting the rye | WGPSN |
Geshtin | 57°N 101.19°W | 80 | 2015 | Sumerian/Babylonian goddess of the vine | WGPSN |
Ghanan | 76.56°N 30.76°E | 68 | 2015 | Mayan god of maize | WGPSN |
Hakumyi | 51.42°N 27.75°E | 29.2 | 2016 | Paraguay Brazil and Bolivia spirit helpful in gardening | WGPSN |
Hamori | 60.86°S 79.44°E | 60 | 2015 | Japanese god protector of tree leaves | WGPSN |
Hatipowa | 16.08°S 2.29°W | 40 | 2016 | Indian god of agriculture | WGPSN |
Haulani | 5.8°N 10.77°E | 34 | 2015 | Hau-lani; Hawaiian plant goddess | WGPSN |
Heneb | 10.87°N 168.96°W | 39 | 2015 | Egyptian god of grain produce and vineyards | WGPSN |
Homshuk | 11.23°N 94.06°E | 70 | 2015 | Popoluca (S. Mexico) spirit of corn (maize) | WGPSN |
Ialonus | 48.15°N 168.53°E | 16.5 | 2016 | British god of the cultivated field and of the meadows | WGPSN |
Ikapati | 33.84°N 45.61°E | 50 | 2015 | Philippine goddess of the cultivated lands | WGPSN |
Inamahari | 14.13°N 89.22°E | 68 | 2015 | Ancient Siouan (S. Carolina USA) pair of male and female deities invoked for success at the sowing season | WGPSN |
Insitor | 10.71°S 124.87°E | 26 | 2015 | Roman agricultural deity in charge of the sowing | WGPSN |
Jaja | 52.09°N 125.27°E | 22 | 2015 | Abkhazian (Transcaucasia) harvest goddess | WGPSN |
Jarimba | 24.08°S 21.25°E | 69 | 2015 | Arunta/Aranda (Australia) god of flowers and fruit | WGPSN |
Jarovit | 67.9°N 75.26°W | 66 | 2015 | Slavic god of fertility and harvest who comes down to the Underworld after every harvest and returns to a usual world every spring | WGPSN |
Juling | 35.9°S 168.48°E | 20 | 2015 | Sakai/Orang Asli (Malaysia) spirit of the crops | WGPSN |
Kaikara | 42.82°N 137.57°W | 72 | 2015 | Konjo and Banyoro/Nyoro (Uganda) goddess of harvest | WGPSN |
Kait | 2.1°S 137.57°W | 0.4 | 2015 | Hattic goddess of grain (Asia Minor) | WGPSN |
Kerwan | 10.77°S 123.99°E | 280 | 2015 | Hopi spirit of the sprouting maize (Arizona SW USA) | WGPSN |
Kiriamma | 50.32°N 126.33°E | 18.7 | 2016 | Veddan (Sri Lanka) goddess provider of food (“Milk mother”) | WGPSN |
Kirnis | 4.9°N 95.7°W | 115 | 2015 | Lithuanian spirit guardian of cherry trees | WGPSN |
Kondos | 19.34°S 17.31°E | 44 | 2015 | Finnish agricultural deity | WGPSN |
Kumitoga | 10.09°S 178.83°E | 96 | 2015 | Polynesian goddess of plant life | WGPSN |
Kupalo | 39.44°S 173.2°E | 26 | 2015 | Russian god of vegetation and of the harvest | WGPSN |
Laukumate | 65.03°N 159.42°E | 29.7 | 2016 | Latvian spirit “Mother of the fields.” | WGPSN |
Liber | 42.56°N 37.8°E | 23 | 2015 | Roman god of agriculture | WGPSN |
Lociyo | 6.53°S 131.17°W | 37.8 | 2016 | Zapotec (Mexico) deity to whom a ceremony is performed when the first chili plant is cut | WGPSN |
Lono | 36.61°S 55.63°W | 20 | 2015 | Hawaiian god of agriculture | WGPSN |
Meanderi | 40.8°S 165.81°W | 103 | 2015 | Ngaing (New Guinea) goddess of taro sugar cane and other foods | WGPSN |
Megwomets | 36.54°N 146.22°E | 78.7 | 2016 | Yurok (California USA) dwarf god of acorns and the distributor of vegetal abundance | WGPSN |
Messor | 49.93°N 126.27°W | 40 | 2015 | Roman god of harvesting of cutting of the grain | WGPSN |
Mlezi | 76°N 136.8°W | 41.5 | 2017 | Name of god Tilo as “Food-Giver” (Tonga tribes of Malawi and Zambia) | WGPSN |
Mondamin | 62.24°S 6°W | 126 | 2015 | Ojibwe /Chippewa corn (maize) god (Lake Superior area Canada and USA) | WGPSN |
Nawish | 18.28°N 166.21°W | 77 | 2015 | Acoma (New Mexico SW USA) guardian of the field | WGPSN |
Nepen | 6.19°N 139.46°W | 26.4 | 2016 | Egyptian god of rain | WGPSN |
Ninsar | 30.3°N 96.74°W | 40 | 2015 | Sumerian goddess of plants and vegetation | WGPSN |
Occator | 19.82°N 120.67°W | 92 | 2015 | Roman agricultural deity of the harrowing | WGPSN |
Oltagon | 25.95°S 37.96°E | 28 | 2015 | Philippine agricultural goddess | WGPSN |
Omonga | 58.03°N 71.67°E | 77 | 2015 | Tomori/Mori (Celebes/Sulawesi Indonesia) rice spirit who dwells in the Moon | WGPSN |
Oxo | 42.21°N 0.4°W | 10 | 2015 | God of agriculture in Afro-Brazilian beliefs of Yoruba derivation | WGPSN |
Piuku | 15.37°S 36.99°E | 31 | 2015 | Barama River Caribs (Guyana) god of the manioc | WGPSN |
Rao | 8.1°N 119.01°E | 12 | 2015 | Polynesian god of turmeric | WGPSN |
Razeka | 3.21°S 61.63°E | 38.38 | 2016 | Arabian tribal god worshipped as the provider of food | WGPSN |
Rongo | 3.21°N 11.29°W | 68 | 2015 | Maori (New Zealand) god of agriculture of cultivated foods | WGPSN |
Roskva | 58.9°N 26.98°W | 22 | 2015 | Teutonic goddess who symbolizes the ripe fields of harvest | WGPSN |
Sekhet | 66.42°S 104.95°W | 40 | 2015 | Egyptian name of Isis as goddess of cultivated lands and fields | WGPSN |
Shakaema | 3.66°S 33.93°E | 47 | 2015 | Jivaro (Ecuador and Peru) god of vegetation invoked in the planting and cultivation of bananas | WGPSN |
Sintana | 48.07°S 46.2°E | 58 | 2015 | Columbian deity who produced the fertile black earth for sowing | WGPSN |
Tafakula | 19.82°S 88.59°E | 34 | 2015 | Tongan (Polynesia) goddess invoked for favorable seasons for the crops | WGPSN |
Tahu | 6.59°S 44.79°E | 25 | 2015 | Maori (New Zealand) personification of all food | WGPSN |
Takel | 50.76°N 79.52°W | 22 | 2015 | Malaysian goddess in charge of the tuber harvest | WGPSN |
Tawals | 39.06°S 121.98°W | 8.8 | 2016 | Polish god of the fields of the tilling | WGPSN |
Tibong | 29.82°S 7.8°W | 36 | 2015 | Land Dayaks (Borneo/Kalimantan Indonesia) malevolent spirit who devours and depletes the rice | WGPSN |
Toharu | 48.32°S 155.95°E | 86 | 2015 | Pawnee (Nebraska Central USA) god of food and vegetation | WGPSN |
Tupo | 32.35°S 88.38°E | 36 | 2015 | Polynesian god of turmeric | WGPSN |
Uvara | 45.66°S 110.76°W | 170 | 2015 | Indian and Iranian deity of plants and fields | WGPSN |
Victa | 36.23°N 58.96°W | 32 | 2015 | Roman goddess of food and nourishment | WGPSN |
Vinotonus | 43.02°N 95.12°E | 140 | 2015 | Celtic Briton god of vines | WGPSN |
Xochipilli | 56.66°N 93.21°E | 22.7 | 2016 | Aztec fertility god associated with maize and flowers; patron of music and dance | WGPSN |
Yalode | 42.58°S 67.52°W | 260 | 2015 | Dahomey goddess worshipped by women at the harvest rites | WGPSN |
Zadeni | 70.36°S 38.34°E | 129.28 | 2015 | Ancient Georgian god of bountiful harvest | WGPSN |
Eros (37)
Crater | Coordinates | Diameter (km) | Approval Year | Eponym | Ref |
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Abelard | 3.5°S 12.2°W | 1.1 | 2003 | Peter; French philosopher lover of Heloise (1079-1142) | WGPSN |
Aida | 7.9°N 130.5°W | 1.6 | 2003 | Ethiopian slave beloved of Egyptian officer Radames in Verdi's opera Aida (Italy 1870) | WGPSN |
Avtandil | 22.5°S 126.9°E | 1.2 | 2003 | Lover of Tinatin in Shota Rustavely's novel Knight in tiger-skin (Georgia 12th century) | WGPSN |
Bovary | 61°S 27.3°W | 0.8 | 2003 | Romantic heroine of Flaubert's novel Madame Bovary (France 19th century) | WGPSN |
Casanova | 46.6°N 124°E | 0.9 | 2003 | Giovanni; Italian adventurer lover and author (1725-1798) | WGPSN |
Catherine | 9.1°N 171.1°W | 1.1 | 2003 | Tragic lover of Heathcliff in Emily Brontë's novel Wuthering Heights (England 1847) | WGPSN |
Cupid | 8.1°N 129.8°E | 1.8 | 2003 | Roman god of love equivalent of Eros | WGPSN |
Don Juan | 29.5°N 3.3°E | 1.1 | 2003 | Lover character of medieval European legend retold in Molière's Don Juan (France 1665) | WGPSN |
Don Quixote | 57.7°S 109.2°E | 0.9 | 2003 | Knight-errant imagined Dulcinea as his lady-love in Cervantes' Don Quixote (Spain 1605) | WGPSN |
Dulcinea | 76.1°S 87.1°E | 1.4 | 2003 | Imaginary lady-love of the knight Don Quixote in Cervantes' Don Quixote (Spain 1605) | WGPSN |
Eurydice | 13.5°N 170°W | 2.2 | 2003 | In Greek mythology wife of singer Orpheus who fails to bring her from Hades | WGPSN |
Fujitsubo | 3.7°S 62.7°W | 1.7 | 2003 | Lover of Genji in The Tale of Genji by Murasaki Sikibu first modern novel (Japan c.1000) | WGPSN |
Galatea | 10.2°S 176.9°E | 1.4 | 2003 | Woman in Greek mythology brought to life from statue by Pygmalion legendary king of Cyprus | WGPSN |
Gamba | 20.6°S 54.1°W | 1.3 | 2003 | Marina; companion of astronomer Galileo Galilei (Italy 17th century) | WGPSN |
Genji | 19.5°S 88.6°W | 1.5 | 2003 | Prince lover of Fujitsubo in The Tale of Genji by Murasaki Sikibu (Japan c.1000) | WGPSN |
Heathcliff | 7.4°N 167.9°W | 1.1 | 2003 | Tragic lover of Catherine in Emily Brontë's novel Wuthering Heights (England 1847) | WGPSN |
Himeros | 21.2°N 77.7°E | 10 | 2003 | Attendant of Eros; personification of the longing of love in Greek mythology | WGPSN |
Hios | 9.4°S 130.9°W | 1.3 | 2003 | Love child of Poseidon and Hiona in Greek mythology; also island (Chios) in the Aegean Sea | WGPSN |
Jahan | 74.2°N 66.5°E | 2.1 | 2003 | Shah; Mogul emperor built Taj Mahal in Agra India for wife Mumtaz Mahal (1592-1666) | WGPSN |
Kastytis | 6.8°N 161.3°W | 1.7 | 2003 | Lithuanian blacksmith lover of sea goddess Jurate; taken by her to the sea floor | WGPSN |
Leander | 25.6°N 149.7°E | 1.4 | 2003 | Lover of Hero swam to her across Hellespont every night and drowned; in despair Hero drowned herself | WGPSN |
Leylie | 3°S 23.5°W | 1.9 | 2003 | Majnoon's lover in Leylie and Majnoon poems by Jami and Navoi (Khorasan 1480s) | WGPSN |
Lolita | 35.2°S 162.3°E | 1.8 | 2003 | Young girl from V. Nabokov's novel Lolita (USA 1955) | WGPSN |
Mahal | 79.4°N 170°W | 1.2 | 2003 | Mumtaz; Mogul empress; favorite wife of Shah Jahan who built Taj Mahal (1592-1631) | WGPSN |
Majnoon | 3.8°N 28.8°W | 2.1 | 2003 | Leylie's lover in Leylie and Majnoon poems by Jami and Navoi (Khorasan 1480s) | WGPSN |
Mélisande | 67.1°N 174.4°E | 1 | 2003 | Wife of Prince Golaud and lover of his half-brother Pelléas in Maeterlinck drama (Belgium 1892) | WGPSN |
Narcissus | 18.2°N 7.1°W | 2.9 | 2003 | Young man from Greek mythology who fell in love with his own reflection in water | WGPSN |
Orpheus | 25.6°N 176.7°W | 1.1 | 2003 | Singer and musician in Greek mythology; fails to bring his love Eurydice from Hades | WGPSN |
Pao-yü | 73.2°S 105.6°W | 0.8 | 2003 | Lover of Tai-yü in novel by Ts'ao Chan (China 18th century; also Dream of the Red Chamber 1929) | WGPSN |
Pelléas | 63.1°N 138.7°E | 1.2 | 2003 | Beloved of Mélisande in Maeterlinck drama and later musical works by Faure Debussy and Schoenberg | WGPSN |
Psyche | 31.6°N 94.6°W | 4.8 | 2003 | Beloved of Eros; personification of human soul in Greek mythology | WGPSN |
Pygmalion | 1.8°S 168.9°E | 1.7 | 2003 | King of Cyprus; carved statue of woman brought to life as Galatea whom he married | WGPSN |
Radames | 5.2°S 115.1°W | 1.6 | 2003 | Egyptian officer beloved of Ethiopian slave Aida in Verdi's opera Aida (Italy 1870) | WGPSN |
Selene | 14.2°S 12.5°W | 3.6 | 2003 | Moon goddess in Greek mythology lover of Endymion | WGPSN |
Tai-yü | 47°S 126.1°W | 1.4 | 2003 | Beloved by Pao-yü in novel by Ts'ao Chan (China 18th century; also Dream of the Red Chamber 1929) | WGPSN |
Tutanekai | 56.4°N 3.3°W | 2.1 | 2003 | Māori hero beloved of young maiden Hinemoa who swam across Lake Rotorua to marry him | WGPSN |
Valentine | 14.6°N 151.6°E | 2.2 | 2003 | St. Valentine's Day (principally Roman) for all lovers | WGPSN |
Gaspra (31)
Crater | Coordinates | Diameter (km) | Approval Year | Eponym | Ref |
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Aix | 47.9°N 160.3°W | 0.6 | 1994 | Spa in France | WGPSN |
Alupka | 65°N 65°W | 0.3 | 1994 | Spa in Crimea Ukraine | WGPSN |
Baden-Baden | 46°N 55°W | 0.3 | 1994 | Spa in Germany | WGPSN |
Badgastein | 25°N 3°W | 0.4 | 1994 | Spa in Austria | WGPSN |
Bagnoles | 55°N 122°W | 0.4 | 1994 | Spa in France | WGPSN |
Bath | 13.4°N 9.7°W | 0.9 | 1994 | Spa in England | WGPSN |
Beppu | 3.9°N 58.4°W | 0.6 | 1994 | Spa on Kyushu Japan | WGPSN |
Brookton | 27.7°N 103.3°W | 0.3 | 1994 | Spa in New York USA | WGPSN |
Calistoga | 30°N 2°W | 1.2 | 1994 | Resort in California USA | WGPSN |
Carlsbad | 29.7°N 88.8°W | 0.5 | 1994 | Spa in Czech Republic | WGPSN |
Charax | 8.6°N -0°E | 0.9 | 1994 | Roman fortress in Gaspra Crimea Ukraine | WGPSN |
Helwan | 22.4°N 118.9°W | 0.4 | 1994 | Spa in Egypt | WGPSN |
Ixtapan | 11.9°N 86.9°W | 0.7 | 1994 | Spa in Mexico | WGPSN |
Katsiveli | 55°N 65°W | 0.3 | 1994 | Spa in Crimea Ukraine | WGPSN |
Krynica | 49°N 35°W | 0.4 | 1994 | Health resort in Poland | WGPSN |
Lisdoonvarna | 16.5°N 1.9°E | 0.4 | 1994 | Spa in Ireland | WGPSN |
Loutraki | 42°N 140°W | 0.4 | 1994 | Spa in Greece | WGPSN |
Mandal | 23.5°N 46.5°W | 0.1 | 1994 | Spa in Norway | WGPSN |
Manikaran | 62°N 155°W | 0.5 | 1994 | Spa in India | WGPSN |
Marienbad | 35.4°N 81.8°W | 0.6 | 1994 | Spa in Czech Republic | WGPSN |
Miskhor | 15°N 65.9°W | 0.5 | 1994 | Spa in Crimea Ukraine | WGPSN |
Moree | 15.1°N 164.4°W | 0.7 | 1994 | Spa in Australia | WGPSN |
Ramlösa | 15°N 4.9°W | 0.7 | 1994 | Spa in Sweden | WGPSN |
Rio Hondo | 31.7°N 20.7°W | 0.6 | 1994 | Spa in Argentina | WGPSN |
Rotorua | 18.8°N 30.7°W | 0.5 | 1994 | Spa in New Zealand | WGPSN |
Saratoga | 50°N 90°E | 2.8 | 1994 | Spa in New York USA | WGPSN |
Spa | 51.5°N 152°W | 1.6 | 1994 | Health resort in Belgium | WGPSN |
Tang-Shan | 59°N 104°E | 2.1 | 1994 | Spa in China | WGPSN |
Yalova | 29°N 10°W | 0.4 | 1994 | Health resort in Turkey | WGPSN |
Yalta | 57.6°N 98.7°E | 1.4 | 1994 | Spa in Crimea Ukraine | WGPSN |
Zohar | 23°N 118°W | 0.4 | 1994 | Spa in Israel | WGPSN |
Ida (21)
Crater | Coordinates | Diameter (km) | Approval Year | Eponym | Ref |
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Afon | 6.5°S 0°E | 0.8 | 1994 | Cave in Russia | WGPSN |
Atea | 5.7°S 18.9°E | 2 | 1997 | Cave in the Muller Range of Papua New Guinea | WGPSN |
Azzurra | 30.5°N 142.8°W | 9.6 | 1997 | Flooded cave (known as the Blue Grotto) on the island of Capri in southern Italy | WGPSN |
Bilemot | 27.8°S 29.2°E | 1.8 | 1997 | Lava tube in the Republic of Korea | WGPSN |
Castellana | 13.4°S 24.8°W | 5.2 | 1997 | Cave in Puglia region Italy | WGPSN |
Choukoutien | 12.8°N 23.6°E | 1.1 | 1997 | Site where Peking Man was discovered | WGPSN |
Fingal | 13.2°S 39.9°E | 1.5 | 1997 | Cave in the Hebrides | WGPSN |
Kartchner | 7°S 179°E | 0.9 | 1997 | Cave in Arizona | WGPSN |
Kazumura | 32°S 41.1°E | 2.1 | 1997 | Lava tube in Hawaii | WGPSN |
Lascaux | 0.8°N 161.2°E | 11.8 | 1997 | Cave in France noted for its prehistoric paintings | WGPSN |
Lechuguilla | 7.9°N 2.9°W | 1.5 | 1997 | Cave in Carlsbad National Park New Mexico | WGPSN |
Mammoth | 18.3°S 179.7°W | 10.2 | 1997 | Longest limestone cavern known on Earth | WGPSN |
Manjang | 28.3°S 90.5°E | 1 | 1997 | Lava tube in the Republic of Korea | WGPSN |
Orgnac | 6.3°S 157.3°W | 10.6 | 1997 | Cave in France | WGPSN |
Padirac | 4.3°S 5.2°E | 1.9 | 1997 | Cave with underground river in France | WGPSN |
Peacock | 2°S 52°E | 0.2 | 1997 | Cave in Florida USA | WGPSN |
Postojna | 42.9°S 0.1°W | 6 | 1997 | Large cave in Slovenia | WGPSN |
Sterkfontein | 4.1°S 54.1°E | 4.7 | 1997 | Cave in South Africa | WGPSN |
Stiffe | 27.9°S 126.5°E | 1.5 | 1997 | Karst cave in Sulmona Italy | WGPSN |
Undara | 2°N 113.8°E | 8.5 | 1997 | Lava tube from Undara Volcano North Queensland Australia | WGPSN |
Viento | 12.2°N 16.1°W | 1.6 | 1997 | Lava tube in Spain | WGPSN |
Itokawa (10)
Crater | Coordinates | Diameter (km) | Approval Year | Eponym | Ref |
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Catalina | 17°S 14°E | 0.02 | 2009 | Catalina Observatory near Tucson AZ USA | WGPSN |
Fuchinobe | 34°N 91°W | 0.04 | 2009 | Place name in Sagamihara Japan | WGPSN |
Gando | 76°S 155°W | n.a. | 2009 | Spanish launch facility on Gran Canaria | WGPSN |
Hammaguira | 18°S 155°W | 0.03 | 2009 | French launch site in the Sahara Desert Algeria | WGPSN |
Kamisunagawa | 28°S 45°E | 0.01 | 2009 | Town in Hokkaido Japan where a microgravity test facility is located | WGPSN |
Kamoi | 6°N 116°W | 0.01 | 2009 | Town in Yokohama Japan where a factory of NEC TOSHIBA Space Systems Ltd. is located | WGPSN |
Komaba | 10°S 102°E | 0.03 | 2009 | Place name in Tokyo where the Institute of Space and Astronautical Science is located | WGPSN |
Laurel | 1°N 162°E | 0.02 | 2009 | City in Maryland USA where APL/JHU is located | WGPSN |
Miyabaru | 40°S 116°W | 0.09 | 2009 | Radar site in the Uchinoura Space Center in Japan | WGPSN |
San Marco | 28°S 41°W | n.a. | 2009 | An old oil platform near Kenya that served as a launch pad for Italian spacecraft | WGPSN |
Lutetia (19)
Crater | Coordinates | Diameter (km) | Approval Year | Eponym | Ref |
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Bagacum | 46°N 49°E | 3.7 | 2011 | City at the time of Lutetia present-day Bavay in France | WGPSN |
Basilia | 73°N 176°W | 3.5 | 2011 | City at the time of Lutetia present-day Basel in Switzerland | WGPSN |
Bonna | 62°N 67°E | 6 | 2011 | City at the time of Lutetia present-day Bonn in Germany | WGPSN |
Burdigala | 52°N 149°W | 10 | 2011 | City at the time of Lutetia present-day Bordeaux in France | WGPSN |
Florentia | 23°N 137°E | 10.9 | 2011 | City at the time of Lutetia present-day Florence in Italy | WGPSN |
Gaudiaco | 58°N 5°E | 6.7 | 2011 | City at the time of Lutetia present-day Joué-lès-Tours in France | WGPSN |
Genua | 11°N 117°E | 1.8 | 2011 | City at the time of Lutetia present-day Genoa in Italy | WGPSN |
Gerunda | 78°N 68°E | 4.7 | 2011 | City at the time of Lutetia present-day Girona in Spain | WGPSN |
Lauriacum | 37°N 68°E | 1.5 | 2011 | City at the time of Lutetia present-day Enns in Austria; defines zero degrees longitude on Lutetia | WGPSN |
Lugdunum | 10°N 141°W | 17 | 2011 | City at the time of Lutetia present-day Lyon in France | WGPSN |
Massilia | 41°N 96°E | 61 | 2011 | City at the time of Lutetia present-day Marseille in France | WGPSN |
Nicaea | 43°N 179°W | 21 | 2011 | City at the time of Lutetia present-day Nice in France | WGPSN |
Patavium | 31°N 52°E | 9.3 | 2011 | City at the time of Lutetia present-day Padua in Italy | WGPSN |
Roma | 13°N 117°W | 19 | 2011 | City at the time of Lutetia present-day Rome in Italy | WGPSN |
Salomacus | 11°N 109°E | 7 | 2011 | City at the time of Lutetia present-day Salles (Gironde) in France | WGPSN |
Salona | 32°N 37°E | 7.1 | 2011 | City at the time of Lutetia present-day Solin in Croatia | WGPSN |
Syracusae | 39°N 32°W | 7 | 2011 | City at the time of Lutetia present-day Syracuse in Italy | WGPSN |
Toletum | 87°N 161°E | 6 | 2011 | City at the time of Lutetia present-day Toledo in Spain | WGPSN |
Turicum | 20°N 158°E | 3.8 | 2011 | City at the time of Lutetia present-day Zurich in Switzerland | WGPSN |
Mathilde (23)
Pluto (17)
Crater | Coordinates | Diameter (km) | Approval Year | Eponym | Ref |
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Burney | 45°N 130°E | 296 | 2017 | Venetia Burney, who suggested the name Pluto | WGPSN |
Elliot | 10°N 140°E | 96 | 2017 | James Elliot, an MIT researcher who pioneered the use of stellar occultations | WGPSN |
Šteins (23)
Crater | Coordinates | Diameter (km) | Approval Year | Eponym | Ref |
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Agate | 57.6°N 1.8°E | 0.5 | 2012 | Banded gemstone variety of the mineral chalcedony | WGPSN |
Alexandrite | 7°S 20.7°E | 0.31 | 2012 | Gemstone notable for its color change appearing green in daylight but red under incandescent light; a variety of chrysoberyl | WGPSN |
Almandine | 29.5°N 53.8°E | 0.52 | 2012 | Red to violet-red gemstone a variety of the mineral garnet | WGPSN |
Amazonite | 9.6°N 75.6°E | 0.47 | 2012 | Light bluish-green gemstone a variety of the mineral orthoclase | WGPSN |
Amethyst | 28.9°N 16.8°W | 0.45 | 2012 | Violet gemstone a variety of the mineral quartz | WGPSN |
Aquamarine | 7.2°N 120.3°E | 0.37 | 2012 | Blue-green and light blue gemstone a variety of the mineral beryl | WGPSN |
Chrysoberyl | 2°S 29.6°E | 1.55 | 2012 | Yellow or brownish-green gemstone the third hardest gemstone after diamond and sapphire | WGPSN |
Citrine | 13.7°N 19.4°W | 0.61 | 2012 | Yellow gemstone a variety of the mineral quartz | WGPSN |
Diamond | 54.6°S 13.4°E | 2.1 | 2012 | Rare and precious gemstone the hardest natural substance | WGPSN |
Emerald | 3.9°S 139.3°E | 0.52 | 2012 | Green gemstone a variety of the mineral beryl | WGPSN |
Garnet | 8.6°S 21.7°W | 0.39 | 2012 | Group of related minerals found in a variety of colors and often cut as gemstones | WGPSN |
Jade | 18°S 24.7°W | 0.26 | 2012 | Semitransparent to translucent gemstone a variety of the minerals nephrite and jadeite | WGPSN |
Lapis | 31.5°S 30.3°W | 0.44 | 2012 | Lapis Lazuli; gemstone formed from a rock containing a number of minerals the quality and value determined by the color and abundance of the blue mineral lazurite | WGPSN |
Malachite | 11.8°N 49.9°E | 0.47 | 2012 | Translucent to opaque gemstone usually banded or rich green and often found with azurite | WGPSN |
Obsidian | 10.6°S 43.6°E | 0.51 | 2012 | Volcanic glass used as a gemstone | WGPSN |
Onyx | 10.9°N 8.9°E | 1 | 2012 | Gemstone variety of the mineral chalcedony | WGPSN |
Opal | 1.1°N 22.2°W | 0.4 | 2012 | Non-crystalline gemstone noted for its rich play of colors when turned in the light | WGPSN |
Peridot | 25.1°S 24°W | 0.27 | 2012 | Green gemstone a variety of the mineral olivine | WGPSN |
Sapphire | 31.3°S 31.3°E | 0.6 | 2012 | All colors of gemstones of the mineral corundum (except red which is the gemstone ruby) are called sapphires | WGPSN |
Topaz | 7.7°S 0°E | 0.65 | 2012 | Gemstone that occurs in a wide variety of colors | WGPSN |
Tourmaline | 20.9°S 12.4°W | 0.22 | 2012 | Gemstone noted for its beautiful multi-colored prismatic crystals | WGPSN |
Turquoise | 31.6°S 113.4°E | 0.47 | 2012 | Opaque blue-to-green mineral of arid climates that has been used as a gemstone for thousands of years | WGPSN |
Zircon | 13.5°S 25°W | 1.77 | 2012 | Gemstone that is colorless in its pure form but also found in yellows browns and reds | WGPSN |
Vesta (90)
Crater | Coordinates | Diameter (km) | Approval Year | Eponym | Ref |
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Aconia | 7.54°N 151.37°E | 19 | 2014 | Fabia Aconia Paulina; Roman aristocratic woman wife of Praetextatus (d. c. 384) | WGPSN |
Aelia | 14.26°S 69.2°W | 4.34 | 2012 | Aelia Oculata; Roman vestal virgin (c. 83) | WGPSN |
Africana | 68.99°N 14.13°W | 25.43 | 2014 | Cornelia Africana; Roman noblewoman wife of Tiberus Gracchus Major mother of Tiberus and Gaius Gracchus (c. 190-100 B.C.) | WGPSN |
Albana | 76.61°N 159.31°W | 90.86 | 2012 | Roman vestal virgin | WGPSN |
Albia | 27.85°S 78.85°E | 5.79 | 2014 | Albia Dominica; Roman noblewoman wife of Emperor Valens (c. 337–378) | WGPSN |
Alypia | 70.22°S 139.22°E | 15.17 | 2014 | Roman noblewoman daughter of Anthemius and Aelia Euphemia wife of Ricimer (fl. 467–472) | WGPSN |
Angioletta | 40.16°S 179.25°E | 18.42 | 2014 | Angioletta Coradini; Italian planetary scientist (1946-2011) | WGPSN |
Antonia | 58.7°S 9.22°W | 16.75 | 2012 | Famous Roman woman daughter of M. Antonius and Octavia wife of Drusus mother of Germanicus Livilla and Emperor Claudius (36 B.C. - A.D. 37) | WGPSN |
Aquilia | 49.41°S 169.12°W | 36.82 | 2012 | Julia Aquilia Severa; Roman vestal virgin (c. 218) | WGPSN |
Arruntia | 39.44°N 138.41°W | 10.49 | 2012 | Roman vestal virgin (c. 70 B.C.) | WGPSN |
Bellicia | 37.73°N 162.24°W | 41.68 | 2011 | Roman vestal virgin (c. 3rd century) | WGPSN |
Bruttia | 63.81°N 122.91°W | 20.68 | 2014 | Bruttia Crispina; Roman Empress wife of Emperor Commodus (164-191) | WGPSN |
Caesonia | 31.2°N 110.07°W | 104.23 | 2014 | Atia Balba Caesonia; Roman noblewoman daughter of Julius Caesar's sister mother of Emperor Augustus (85-43 B.C.) | WGPSN |
Calpurnia | 16.72°N 10.9°W | 50.19 | 2011 | Roman vestal virgin (c. 3rd century) | WGPSN |
Cannutia | 58.93°S 145.27°W | 17.97 | 2014 | Roman vestal virgin (c. 213) | WGPSN |
Canuleia | 33.62°S 84.52°E | 11.32 | 2012 | One of the first Roman vestal virgins | WGPSN |
Caparronia | 35.71°N 42.97°W | 53.2 | 2011 | Roman vestal virgin (d. 266 B.C.) | WGPSN |
Charito | 44.8°S 90.71°E | 6.55 | 2014 | Roman Empress daughter of military commander Lucillianus wife of Emperor Jovian (mid 4th century C.E.) | WGPSN |
Claudia | 1.65°S 146°E | 0.57 | 2011 | Roman vestal virgin (c. 143 B.C.) | WGPSN |
Coelia | 1.14°S 120.18°W | 14.06 | 2014 | Coelia Concordia; the last Roman vestal virgin and the last Vestalis Maxima (Chief Vestal) after the Temple of Vesta was closed in 391 (d. 406 A.D.) | WGPSN |
Cornelia | 9.37°S 15.57°E | 14.9 | 2011 | Roman vestal virgin (c. 23) | WGPSN |
Cossinia | 0.63°N 178.96°E | 15.72 | 2014 | Roman vestal virgin | WGPSN |
Domitia | 37.62°N 22.04°W | 32.99 | 2011 | Roman vestal virgin (c. 10–19) | WGPSN |
Domna | 11.11°S 134.07°W | 13.53 | 2012 | Julia; wife of Roman emperor Severus | WGPSN |
Drusilla | 15.05°S 51.22°E | 20.34 | 2012 | Julia; famous Roman woman second daughter of Germanicus and Agrippina sister of Gaius (16-38) | WGPSN |
Eumachia | 0.14°N 42.94°W | 25.78 | 2012 | Priestess and prominent citizen of Pompeii (c. 1st century) | WGPSN |
Eusebia | 42.04°S 5.69°W | 23.44 | 2012 | Famous Roman woman second wife of Constantius II | WGPSN |
Eutropia | 22.4°N 104.99°W | 21.09 | 2012 | Wife of Maximian (c. 324) | WGPSN |
Fabia | 15.53°N 55.76°E | 11.62 | 2012 | Roman vestal virgin (served as a vestal virgin from 73 to pre 58 B.C.) | WGPSN |
Fausta | 25.44°S 99.76°E | 3.14 | 2014 | Flavia Maxima; Roman Empress wife of Constantine I executed by him (d. 326) | WGPSN |
Flavola | 9.16°S 30.44°W | 2.87 | 2014 | Roman vestal virgin (c. 215) | WGPSN |
Floronia | 36.23°N 94.06°E | 18.54 | 2011 | Roman vestal virgin (d. 216 B.C.) | WGPSN |
Fonteia | 53.25°S 68.59°W | 20.61 | 2012 | Roman vestal virgin (c. 69 B.C.) | WGPSN |
Fulvia | 26.13°S 67.35°W | 16.73 | 2014 | Wife of Clodius Curio and Antony | WGPSN |
Fundania | 57.62°N 74.98°W | 29.23 | 2014 | Annia Fundania Faustina; Roman noblewoman cousin of M. Aurelius victim of Commodus (d. 192) | WGPSN |
Galeria | 29.82°S 18.38°E | 21.77 | 2012 | Galeria Fundana; wife of Emperor Vitellius (c. 1st century) | WGPSN |
Gegania | 4.05°N 149.23°W | 22.33 | 2011 | Roman vestal virgin | WGPSN |
Graecina | 37.45°S 122.99°W | 11.93 | 2014 | Pomponia Graecina; Roman noblewoman married to the consul Aulus Plautius (d. A.D. 83) | WGPSN |
Helena | 41.51°S 87.45°W | 22.06 | 2011 | Flavia Iulia Helena Augusta; mother of Constantine the Great | WGPSN |
Herennia | 72.42°S 10.33°E | 22.33 | 2014 | Herennia Etruscilla; Roman Empress wife of Emperor Decius mother of Emperors Etruscus Herrenius and Hostilian (c. 250) | WGPSN |
Hortensia | 46.85°S 165.38°E | 29.45 | 2014 | Daughter of consul and advocate Quintus Hortensius (fl. c. 50 B.C.); she was known as a skilled orator | WGPSN |
Iuinia | 35.58°S 121.78°W | 3.03 | 2014 | Roman vestal virgin (c. 107) | WGPSN |
Justina | 34.41°S 107.88°E | 7.62 | 2012 | Famous Roman woman second wife of Emperor Valentinian | WGPSN |
Laelia | 46.82°S 69.55°W | 8.89 | 2012 | Roman vestal virgin (c. 62) | WGPSN |
Laeta | 14.9°N 30.1°W | 1.37 | 2014 | Clodia; Roman vestal virgin (c. 213) | WGPSN |
Laurentia | 28.15°S 92.8°E | 11.48 | 2014 | Acca; mythical woman wife of the shepherd Faustulus in Roman mythology adoptive mother of Romulus and Remus | WGPSN |
Lepida | 16.74°N 96.76°E | 42.9 | 2012 | Roman vestal virgin (c. 25) | WGPSN |
Licinia | 23.34°N 167.35°E | 24.05 | 2012 | Roman vestal virgin (c. 140-113 B.C.) | WGPSN |
Lollia | 37.36°S 117.67°W | 4.9 | 2014 | Lollia Paulina; Roman woman of distinguished ancestry and great wealth Roman Empress as the third wife of Caligula (15-49) | WGPSN |
Longina | 36.96°N 20.65°E | 17.65 | 2014 | Domitia; Roman empress wife of Emperor Domitian Augusta of Rome (c. 51-130) | WGPSN |
Lucilla | 75.96°S 60.88°W | 19.3 | 2014 | Annia; Roman Empress mother of M. Aurelius married to Emperors L. Verus and then to Ti. Claudius (c. 150–182) | WGPSN |
Mamilia | 48.39°N 82.09°E | 35.67 | 2012 | Roman vestal virgin (c. 240) | WGPSN |
Marcia | 8.98°N 20.45°W | 67.6 | 2011 | Roman vestal virgin (d. 113 B.C.) | WGPSN |
Mariamne | 68.44°S 9.27°W | 30.33 | 2014 | Second wife of Herod king of Roman province Judea known for her great beauty (c. 60-29 B.C.) | WGPSN |
Metrodora | 59.43°S 100.54°E | 23.99 | 2014 | Claudia Metrodora; Greek woman with Roman citizenship prominent public benefactor (mid 1st century A.D.) | WGPSN |
Minervina | 16.85°N 160.71°W | 18.34 | 2014 | The first wife of the Roman Emperor Constantine the Great mother of Crispus (early 4th century) | WGPSN |
Minucia | 20.2°N 2.8°W | 23.15 | 2011 | Roman vestal virgin (c. 337 B.C.) | WGPSN |
Myia | 50.53°S 103.66°W | 2.59 | 2012 | Daughter of Pythagoras and Theano wife of Milon of Crotona | WGPSN |
Numisia | 7.48°S 37.25°E | 29.94 | 2011 | Roman vestal virgin (c. 204) | WGPSN |
Occia | 15.47°S 168.48°E | 7.34 | 2012 | Roman vestal virgin (served as vestal virgin from c. 40 B.C. to A.D. 19) | WGPSN |
Octavia | 3.3°S 62.79°W | 30.62 | 2012 | Roman vestal virgin (third century A.D.) | WGPSN |
Oppia | 7.89°S 99.08°E | 36.67 | 2011 | Roman vestal virgin (d. 483 B.C.) | WGPSN |
Paculla | 64.22°S 151.15°E | 22.34 | 2014 | Paculla Annia; Campanian (Southern Italy) priestess of Bacchus whose reforms radically altered the Bacchanalian ritual in ancient Rome (fl. c. 188 B.C.) | WGPSN |
Paulina | 10.92°N 133.11°E | 18.13 | 2012 | Aurelia; priestess for life of asylum-granting Artemis Pergaia built hydreion at her own expense | WGPSN |
Perpennia | 23.03°S 101.25°W | 21.36 | 2014 | Roman vestal virgin (c. 100-70 B.C.) | WGPSN |
Pinaria | 29.54°S 178.37°W | 41.76 | 2011 | Roman vestal virgin (c. 600 B.C.) | WGPSN |
Placidia | 19.24°N 78.62°W | 14.75 | 2014 | Galla; daughter of the Roman Emperor Theodorius I wife of Athualf King of the Visigoths and Constantius III Roman Emperor (390-450) | WGPSN |
Plancia | 61.56°N 16.09°W | 18.48 | 2014 | Plancia Magna; daughter of Roman Senator Varus wife of Tertullus benefactress and patron of Perga the capital of the Roman province of Pamphylia in Asia Minor (1st-2nd century A.D.) | WGPSN |
Pomponia | 70.2°N 97.42°W | 59.07 | 2012 | Roman vestal virgin (c. 213) | WGPSN |
Portia | 0.91°N 168.83°W | 11.44 | 2014 | Daughter of Roman statesman Cato Uticensis second wife of M. Brutus (c. 70-43/42 B.C.) | WGPSN |
Postumia | 33.84°N 33.77°E | 195.89 | 2014 | Roman vestal virgin (c. 420 B.C.) | WGPSN |
Publicia | 14.53°N 125.64°W | 15.79 | 2012 | Flavia Publicia; Roman vestal virgin (c. 213) | WGPSN |
Rheasilvia | 71.95°S 86.3°E | 450 | 2011 | Rhea Silvia Roman vestal virgin mother of Romulus and Remus (c. 770 B.C.) | WGPSN |
Rubria | 7.32°S 168.34°E | 10.27 | 2012 | Roman vestal virgin (c. 54) | WGPSN |
Rufillia | 12.92°S 71.29°W | 15.79 | 2014 | Roman vestal virgin (c. 250–301) | WGPSN |
Scantia | 29.63°N 64.65°E | 18.61 | 2012 | Roman vestal virgin (c. 40 B.C.-A.D. 23) | WGPSN |
Sentia | 38.39°S 170.75°E | 16.54 | 2014 | Amaesia Sentia; mentioned by Valerius Maximus as an instance of a female who pleaded her own cause before the praetor; called “Androgyne” for having a man's spirit with a female body | WGPSN |
Serena | 20.43°S 89.29°W | 18.47 | 2012 | Roman noblewoman niece of Emperor Theodosius (c. 400) | WGPSN |
Severina | 75.41°S 88.45°W | 34.74 | 2011 | Roman vestal virgin (c. 240) | WGPSN |
Sextilia | 39°S 64.07°W | 19.48 | 2011 | Roman vestal virgin (d. 274 B.C.) | WGPSN |
Sossia | 36.78°S 75.76°E | 8.11 | 2012 | Roman vestal virgin | WGPSN |
Tarpeia | 69.47°S 179.3°E | 40.29 | 2011 | Roman vestal virgin | WGPSN |
Teia | 3.44°S 61.06°E | 6.69 | 2012 | Teia Euphrosyne Ruffina Roman vestal virgin (c. 200) | WGPSN |
Torquata | 46.45°N 143.78°E | 34.73 | 2012 | Roman vestal virgin (c. 48) | WGPSN |
Tuccia | 39.86°S 13.19°W | 11.65 | 2011 | Roman vestal virgin | WGPSN |
Urbinia | 29.88°S 66.26°E | 24.25 | 2011 | Roman vestal virgin | WGPSN |
Varronilla | 29.62°N 179.58°E | 158.45 | 2014 | Roman vestal virgin (c. 10–83) | WGPSN |
Veneneia | 47.93°S 54.32°W | 400 | 2012 | One of the first Roman vestal virgins | WGPSN |
Vettenia | 4.8°N 130.69°W | 18.89 | 2014 | Roman vestal virgin (c. 200) | WGPSN |
Vibidia | 26.96°S 10.3°E | 7.1 | 2011 | Roman vestal virgin (c. 48) | WGPSN |
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