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Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature

Basic Info

Feature Name Fuchi Patera
Clean Name Fuchi Patera
Feature ID 2034
Target Io
Feature Type Patera, paterae

Location


Coordinate System Planetographic, +West, 0 - 360
Northmost Latitude 29.34 °
Southmost Latitude 27.45 °
Eastmost Longitude 326.66 °
Westmost Longitude 328.40 °
Diameter 63.67 km
Center Latitude 28.34 °
Center Longitude 327.57 °
Northmost Latitude 29.45 °
Southmost Latitude 27.49 °
Eastmost Longitude 326.73 °
Westmost Longitude 328.43 °
Diameter 66.44 km
Center Latitude 28.41 °
Center Longitude 327.60 °
Quad -

Status and Origin

Approval Status Adopted by IAU
Approval Date 1979
Continent Asia
Culture Japan
Origin Ainu fire goddess.
Reference [25] - Ainu Creed and Cult, by Neil Gordon Munro: Columbia University Press, New York, 1963.
Updated Oct 01, 2006 3:30 PM

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