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Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature

Basic Info

Feature Name Asis Patera
Clean Name Asis Patera
Feature ID 16167
Target Io
Feature Type Patera, paterae

Location


Voyager/Galileo SSI
Coordinate System Planetographic, +West, 0 - 360
Northmost Latitude 45.68 °
Southmost Latitude 42.98 °
Eastmost Longitude 89.10 °
Westmost Longitude 93.17 °
Diameter 98.00 km
Center Latitude 44.33 °
Center Longitude 91.14 °
Quad -

Status and Origin

Approval Status Adopted by IAU
Approval Date Mar 10, 2023
Continent Africa
Culture Kenya
Origin Nandi (Kenya) supreme god, personified by the Sun.
Reference [552] - African Mythology, A to Z, by Patricia Lynch and Jeremy Roberts, Infobase Publishing, 2010.
Updated Mar 16, 2023 9:53 PM

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