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Planetary Names: Patera, paterae: Ruwa Patera on Io

Ruwa Patera

Feature Name	Ruwa Patera
Clean Name	Ruwa Patera
Feature ID	5243
Target	Io
Feature Type	Patera, paterae
Coordinate System	Planetographic, +West, 0 - 360
Control Network
Northernmost Latitude	0.86 °
Southernmost Latitude	-0.55 °
Easternmost Longitude	0.78 °
Westernmost Longitude	2.73 °
Diameter	62.44 km
Center Latitude	0.19 °
Center Longitude	1.75 °
WKT String	MULTIPOLYGON (((359.22 0.8599999999995864, 357.27 0.8599999999995864, 357.27 -0.5499999999995748, 359.22 -0.5499999999995748, 359.22 0.8599999999995864)))
Northernmost Latitude	0.81 °
Southernmost Latitude	-0.48 °
Easternmost Longitude	0.82 °
Westernmost Longitude	2.42 °
Diameter	51.39 km
Center Latitude	0.20 °
Center Longitude	1.65 °
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Continent	Africa
Ethnic/Cultural Group or Country	Tanzania
Quad	-
Reference	[27] - The Mythology of All Races (13 vols.), edited by John Arnott MacCulloch and George Foot Moore: Cooper Square Publishers, Inc., New York, 1964.
Approval Status	Adopted by IAU
Approval Date	1979
Origin	African sun god associated Mt. Kilimanjaro.
Last Updated	Oct 01, 2006 3:30 PM

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