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Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature

Basic Info

Feature Name Ātar Patera
Clean Name Atar Patera
Feature ID 6937
Target Io
Feature Type Patera, paterae

Location


Coordinate System Planetographic, +West, 0 - 360
Northmost Latitude 32.25 °
Southmost Latitude 29.93 °
Eastmost Longitude 277.03 °
Westmost Longitude 280.19 °
Diameter 86.41 km
Center Latitude 31.10 °
Center Longitude 278.58 °
Northmost Latitude 32.04 °
Southmost Latitude 29.68 °
Eastmost Longitude 277.32 °
Westmost Longitude 279.99 °
Diameter 80.01 km
Center Latitude 30.87 °
Center Longitude 278.65 °
Quad -

Status and Origin

Approval Status Adopted by IAU
Approval Date 1979
Continent Asia
Culture Iran
Origin Iranian personification of fire.
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.
Updated Nov 17, 2008 3:50 PM

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