Babbar Patera
Babbar Patera, located in the top-left corner of a screenshot from NASA World Wind.
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°WCoordinates: 39°48′S 272°00′W / 39.8°S 272°W. It is named after a Sumerian sun god, and its name was approved by the International Astronomical Union in 1979.[1][2] Some scarps near Babbar Patera may represent faults.[3] Immediately south of Babbar Patera is the plateau Lyrcea Planum, and further south is Svarog Patera. To the east is the mountain Egypt Mons.[4]
References
- ↑ "IO NOMENCLATURE". lnfm1.sai.msu.su. Archived from the original on 1 November 2007. Retrieved October 20, 2007.
- ↑ "USGS Astro: Planetary Nomenclature: Feature Data Search Results". USGS Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature Feature Information. Retrieved October 20, 2007.
- ↑ "io.pdf" (PDF). astrogeology.usgs.gov. Retrieved October 20, 2007.
- ↑ NASA World Wind 1.4. NASA Ames Research Center, 2007.
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