Robigalia Catena (Vesta)
Data as of 2026-10-23
What it is
- Type
- Catena, catenae
- IAU definition
Chain of craters
- Diameter
- 79.2 km, 30 % of the radius of its body
- Centre
- 14.04° S, 19.78° east (planetocentric latitude, east longitude from 0 to 360°, the IAU convention)
- Name adopted
- November 21, 2012
- Origin of the name
Roman festival where a dog was sacrificed to the god Robigus to prevent the red dust, or mildew, which attacked corn when the ear was beginning to form.
Quoted in English, as the IAU publishes it.
In Galaxy
Opens its body in the application, the camera turned towards Robigalia Catena.
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 Robigalia Catena.
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/15063
Type definitions: IAU Descriptor Terms, read on October 17, 2026. https://planetarynames.wr.usgs.gov/DescriptorTerms