Babbar Patera

Babbar Patera is a patera, or a complex crater with scalloped edges, on Jupiter's moon Io. It is about 86 kilometers in diameter and is located at 39°48′S 272°00′W / 39.8°S 272°W / -39.8; -272. It is named after a Sumerian sun god, and its name was approved by the International Astronomical Union in 1979.^[1] Some scarps near Babbar Patera may represent faults.^[2] Immediately south of Babbar Patera is the plateau Lyrcea Planum, and further south is Svarog Patera. To the east is the mountain Egypt Mons.^[3]

References

^ "Babbar Patera". USGS Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature Feature Information. Retrieved 2019-08-11.
^ "io.pdf" (PDF). astrogeology.usgs.gov. Retrieved October 20, 2007.
^ NASA World Wind 1.4. NASA Ames Research Center, 2007.

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[1] "Babbar Patera". USGS Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature Feature Information. Retrieved 2019-08-11.

[2] "io.pdf" (PDF). astrogeology.usgs.gov. Retrieved October 20, 2007.

[3] NASA World Wind 1.4. NASA Ames Research Center, 2007.

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