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Planetary Names: Patera, paterae: Gurzil Patera on Io

Gurzil Patera

Feature Name	Gurzil Patera
Clean Name	Gurzil Patera
Feature ID	16172
Target	Io
Feature Type	Patera, paterae
Coordinate System	Planetographic, +West, 0 - 360
Control Network	Voyager/Galileo SSI
Northernmost Latitude	51.05 °
Southernmost Latitude	49.74 °
Easternmost Longitude	47.33 °
Westernmost Longitude	49.18 °
Diameter	51.00 km
Center Latitude	50.40 °
Center Longitude	48.26 °
WKT String	POLYGON ((-49.153 50.131, -48.977 50.768, -48.318 50.977, -47.703 50.911, -47.362 50.471, -47.659 49.944, -48.219 49.878, -48.691 49.9, -49.153 50.131))
Continent	Africa
Ethnic/Cultural Group or Country	Libya
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	Huwwara (Berbers of Libya) sun god.
Last Updated	Mar 20, 2023 6:00 PM

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