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Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature

Basic Info

Feature Name Galai Patera
Clean Name Galai Patera
Feature ID 2063
Target Io
Feature Type Patera, paterae

Location


Coordinate System Planetographic, +West, 0 - 360
Northmost Latitude -9.29 °
Southmost Latitude -12.56 °
Eastmost Longitude 286.71 °
Westmost Longitude 289.58 °
Diameter 105.23 km
Center Latitude -10.87 °
Center Longitude 288.11 °
Northmost Latitude -8.75 °
Southmost Latitude -12.54 °
Eastmost Longitude 286.76 °
Westmost Longitude 289.46 °
Diameter 122.02 km
Center Latitude -10.80 °
Center Longitude 288.10 °
Quad -

Status and Origin

Approval Status Adopted by IAU
Approval Date 1979
Continent Asia
Ethnicity Mongolia
Origin Mongol fire god.
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 Oct 01, 2006 3:30 PM

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