Planetary Names

Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature

International Astronomical Union (IAU) Working Group for Planetary System Nomenclature (WGPSN)

Planetary Names: Patera, paterae: Asis Patera on Io

Asis Patera

Feature Name	Asis Patera
Clean Name	Asis Patera
Feature ID	16167
Target	Io
Feature Type	Patera, paterae
Coordinate System	Planetographic, +West, 0 - 360
Control Network	Voyager/Galileo SSI
Northernmost Latitude	45.68 °
Southernmost Latitude	42.98 °
Easternmost Longitude	89.10 °
Westernmost Longitude	93.17 °
Diameter	98.00 km
Center Latitude	44.33 °
Center Longitude	91.14 °
WKT String	POLYGON ((-93.18600000000001 43.649, -92.96599999999999 44.517, -92.32899999999999 45.099, -91.538 45.341, -90.94499999999999 45.461, -90.30800000000001 45.549, -89.747 45.549, -89.34099999999999 45.198, -89.41800000000001 44.604, -89.76900000000001 44.143, -90.30800000000001 43.693, -90.989 43.374, -91.65900000000001 43.066, -92.461 42.957, -92.911 43.176, -93.18600000000001 43.649))
Continent	Africa
Ethnic/Cultural Group or Country	Kenya
Quad	-
Reference	[552] - African Mythology, A to Z, by Patricia Lynch and Jeremy Roberts, Infobase Publishing, 2010.
Approval Status	Adopted by IAU
Approval Date	Mar 10, 2023
Origin	Nandi (Kenya) supreme god, personified by the Sun.
Last Updated	Mar 16, 2023 9:53 PM

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