Roma (Lutetia)

Data as of 2026-10-23

What it is

Type
Crater, craters
IAU definition

A circular depression

Diameter
19 km, 39 % of the radius of its body
Centre
13° N, 243° east (planetocentric latitude, east longitude from 0 to 360°, the IAU convention)
Name adopted
April 5, 2011
Origin of the name

City at the time of Lutetia, present-day Rome in Italy.

Quoted in English, as the IAU publishes it.

In Galaxy

See it in Galaxy

Opens its body in the application, the camera turned towards Roma.

Missions to its body

No observation record of this formation is crossed here. These are the missions the Planetary Data System declares for its body; none is claimed to have observed Roma.

Sources

International Astronomical Union Working Group for Planetary System Nomenclature, Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature, read on October 23, 2026. Feature page: https://planetarynames.wr.usgs.gov/Feature/14829

Type definitions: IAU Descriptor Terms, read on October 17, 2026. https://planetarynames.wr.usgs.gov/DescriptorTerms

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