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Planetary Names: Patera, paterae: Hephaestus Patera on Io

Hephaestus Patera

Feature Name	Hephaestus Patera
Clean Name	Hephaestus Patera
Feature ID	2458
Target	Io
Feature Type	Patera, paterae
Coordinate System	Planetographic, +West, 0 - 360
Control Network
Northernmost Latitude	2.42 °
Southernmost Latitude	1.45 °
Easternmost Longitude	289.21 °
Westernmost Longitude	290.41 °
Diameter	38.84 km
Center Latitude	1.95 °
Center Longitude	289.79 °
WKT String	MULTIPOLYGON (((70.79000000000001 2.419999999999972, 69.59 2.419999999999972, 69.59 1.449999999999267, 70.79000000000001 1.449999999999267, 70.79000000000001 2.419999999999972)))
Northernmost Latitude	2.29 °
Southernmost Latitude	1.39 °
Easternmost Longitude	289.17 °
Westernmost Longitude	290.43 °
Diameter	40.59 km
Center Latitude	1.85 °
Center Longitude	289.78 °
WKT String	MULTIPOLYGON (((70.33650779724121 2.279356002807617, 70.58286094665527 2.239439010620117, 70.70936393737793 2.246091842651367, 70.78926277160645 2.152944564819336, 70.82921409606934 2.013216018676758, 70.81589698791504 1.860166549682617, 70.72934150695801 1.667169570922852, 70.58951759338379 1.500776290893555, 70.44969749450684 1.420904159545898, 70.27658271789551 1.387624740600586, 70.03688621520996 1.414247512817383, 69.81051063537598 1.500776290893555, 69.66403007507324 1.600614547729492, 69.57081413269043 1.793615341186523, 69.57081413269043 1.866819381713867, 69.62407875061035 1.946672439575195, 69.88374900817871 2.219480514526367, 70.16339302062988 2.286008834838867, 70.33650779724121 2.279356002807617)))
Continent	Europe
Ethnic/Cultural Group or Country	Greek
Quad	-
Reference	[1] - Larousse Encyclopedia of Mythology, translated by R. Aldington and D. Ames: Hamlyn Publishing Group Ltd., New York, 1976.
Approval Status	Adopted by IAU
Approval Date	1979
Origin	Greek smith god.
Last Updated	Oct 01, 2006 3:30 PM

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