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Planetary Names: Patera, paterae: Tiermes Patera on Io

Tiermes Patera

Feature Name	Tiermes Patera
Clean Name	Tiermes Patera
Feature ID	5996
Target	Io
Feature Type	Patera, paterae
Coordinate System	Planetographic, +West, 0 - 360
Control Network
Northernmost Latitude	23.43 °
Southernmost Latitude	21.26 °
Easternmost Longitude	348.90 °
Westernmost Longitude	351.04 °
Diameter	79.76 km
Center Latitude	22.38 °
Center Longitude	349.95 °
WKT String	MULTIPOLYGON (((11.1 23.43000000004294, 8.960000000000001 23.43000000004294, 8.960000000000001 21.25999999996943, 11.1 21.25999999996943, 11.1 23.43000000004294)))
Northernmost Latitude	24.10 °
Southernmost Latitude	20.94 °
Easternmost Longitude	348.97 °
Westernmost Longitude	351.33 °
Diameter	112.56 km
Center Latitude	22.29 °
Center Longitude	350.15 °
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Continent	Europe
Ethnic/Cultural Group or Country	Lapp
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	1997
Origin	Lapp thunder god.
Last Updated	Oct 01, 2006 3:30 PM

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