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Planetary Names: Patera, paterae: Namarrkun Patera on Io

Namarrkun Patera

Feature Name	Namarrkun Patera
Clean Name	Namarrkun Patera
Feature ID	4124
Target	Io
Feature Type	Patera, paterae
Coordinate System	Planetographic, +West, 0 - 360
Control Network
Northernmost Latitude	10.25 °
Southernmost Latitude	9.82 °
Easternmost Longitude	175.28 °
Westernmost Longitude	175.79 °
Diameter	16.69 km
Center Latitude	10.06 °
Center Longitude	175.52 °
WKT String	MULTIPOLYGON (((184.72 10.24999999999578, 184.21 10.24999999999578, 184.21 9.820000000004457, 184.72 9.820000000004457, 184.72 10.24999999999578)))
Northernmost Latitude	10.25 °
Southernmost Latitude	9.82 °
Easternmost Longitude	175.28 °
Westernmost Longitude	175.80 °
Diameter	17.02 km
Center Latitude	10.06 °
Center Longitude	175.52 °
WKT String	MULTIPOLYGON (((184.6447200775146 9.870153427124023, 184.5474147796631 9.818532943725586, 184.4426288604736 9.840658187866211, 184.292932510376 9.980749130249023, 184.2180843353271 10.05445289611816, 184.1956272125244 10.13551139831543, 184.2180843353271 10.20181846618652, 184.4276599884033 10.24601554870605, 184.5848407745361 10.24601554870605, 184.6821422576904 10.21655082702637, 184.7195682525635 10.1134090423584, 184.7120838165283 9.988119125366211, 184.6447200775146 9.870153427124023)))
Continent	Oceania
Ethnic/Cultural Group or Country	Australia
Quad	-
Reference	[158] - Kakadu, Looking After the Country-the Gagudju Way, by S. Breeden and B. Wright: Prentice Hall, Paramus, New Jersey, 1990.
Approval Status	Adopted by IAU
Approval Date	2000
Origin	Australian "lightening man" who made lightening and thunder by striking clouds with stone axes attached to his elbows and knees.
Last Updated	Oct 01, 2006 3:30 PM

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Namarrkun Patera

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