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Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature

Basic Info

Feature Name Tiermes Patera
Clean Name Tiermes Patera
Feature ID 5996
Target Io
Feature Type Patera, paterae

Location


Coordinate System Planetographic, +West, 0 - 360
Northmost Latitude 23.43 °
Southmost Latitude 21.26 °
Eastmost Longitude 348.90 °
Westmost Longitude 351.04 °
Diameter 79.76 km
Center Latitude 22.38 °
Center Longitude 349.95 °
Northmost Latitude 24.10 °
Southmost Latitude 20.94 °
Eastmost Longitude 348.97 °
Westmost Longitude 351.33 °
Diameter 112.56 km
Center Latitude 22.29 °
Center Longitude 350.15 °
Quad -

Status and Origin

Approval Status Adopted by IAU
Approval Date 1997
Continent Europe
Ethnicity Lapp
Origin Lapp thunder 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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