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Planetary Names: Patera, paterae: Shango Patera on Io

Shango Patera

Feature Name	Shango Patera
Clean Name	Shango Patera
Feature ID	5467
Target	Io
Feature Type	Patera, paterae
Coordinate System	Planetographic, +West, 0 - 360
Control Network
Northernmost Latitude	33.54 °
Southernmost Latitude	31.13 °
Easternmost Longitude	99.31 °
Westernmost Longitude	101.98 °
Diameter	90.22 km
Center Latitude	32.35 °
Center Longitude	100.52 °
WKT String	MULTIPOLYGON (((260.69 33.54000000004776, 258.02 33.54000000004776, 258.02 31.13000000002488, 260.69 31.13000000002488, 260.69 33.54000000004776)))
Northernmost Latitude	33.67 °
Southernmost Latitude	31.22 °
Easternmost Longitude	99.39 °
Westernmost Longitude	102.01 °
Diameter	90.80 km
Center Latitude	32.46 °
Center Longitude	100.51 °
WKT String	MULTIPOLYGON (((260.5320377349854 31.2641658782959, 260.3734951019287 31.21702003479004, 259.9943790435791 31.22880744934082, 259.5532207489014 31.3583927154541, 259.2637119293213 31.57005500793457, 259.05002784729 31.85738563537598, 258.9604167938232 32.05623054504395, 258.9190578460693 32.3187427520752, 258.7743053436279 32.5863094329834, 258.5330486297607 32.80673789978027, 258.2780055999756 32.92253684997559, 258.0643177032471 32.96881294250488, 257.9884967803955 33.02662467956543, 258.0574245452881 33.15367698669434, 258.2228603363037 33.34966850280762, 258.5192623138428 33.51074409484863, 258.7811985015869 33.67151832580566, 259.0362415313721 33.66578102111816, 259.3257503509521 33.52223777770996, 259.6566181182861 33.29783058166504, 259.7806911468506 33.15944862365723, 260.2632083892822 32.77197074890137, 260.3321361541748 32.55726432800293, 260.4975719451904 32.16716194152832, 260.6009654998779 31.92761421203613, 260.6147518157959 31.66397666931152, 260.6009654998779 31.38781929016113, 260.5320377349854 31.2641658782959)))
Continent	Africa
Ethnic/Cultural Group or Country	Nigeria
Quad	-
Reference	[83] - Dictionary of Mythology, Folklore, and Symbols (in 3 vols.), by Gertrude Jobes: Scarecrow Press, Inc., New York, 1962.
Approval Status	Adopted by IAU
Approval Date	2000
Origin	Yoruba thunder god.
Last Updated	Oct 01, 2006 3:30 PM

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