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Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature

Basic Info

Feature Name Dingir Patera
Clean Name Dingir Patera
Feature ID 1538
Target Io
Feature Type Patera, paterae

Location


Coordinate System Planetographic, +West, 0 - 360
Northmost Latitude -3.56 °
Southmost Latitude -4.63 °
Eastmost Longitude 340.61 °
Westmost Longitude 342.06 °
Diameter 47.38 km
Center Latitude -4.13 °
Center Longitude 341.37 °
Northmost Latitude -3.57 °
Southmost Latitude -4.64 °
Eastmost Longitude 340.64 °
Westmost Longitude 342.12 °
Diameter 48.2618 km
Center Latitude -4.12 °
Center Longitude 341.39 °
Quad -

Status and Origin

Approval Status Adopted by IAU
Approval Date 1985
Continent Asia
Ethnicity Sumerian
Origin Sumerian sun god; means "shining".
Reference [27] - The Mythology of All Races (13 vols.), edited by John Arnott MacCulloch and George Foot Moore: Cooper Square Publishers, Inc., New York, 1964.
Updated Oct 01, 2006 3:30 PM

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