Svarog Patera Explained

Svarog Patera is a patera, or a complex crater with scalloped edges, on Jupiter's moon Io. It is 124 kilometers in diameter and is located at -48.66°N -265.74°W. It is named after the Russian smith god Svarog. Its name was approved by the International Astronomical Union in 1979.[1] [2] Svarog Patera is a Voyager spacecraft-detected hot spot.[3] North of Svarog Patera is Lyrcea Planum, north of which is Babbar Patera. To the south is Silpium Mons, and to the east is Hermes Mensa. To the southeast are Pyerun Patera and Epaphus Mensa.[4]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: IO NOMENCLATURE . lnfm1.sai.msu.su . October 20, 2007 .
  2. Web site: USGS Astro: Planetary Nomenclature: Feature Data Search Results . USGS Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature Feature Information . October 20, 2007 .
  3. Web site: Hot Spots on Io: Initial Results from Galileo's Near Infrared Mapping Spectrometer . trs-new.jpl.nasa.gov . https://web.archive.org/web/20110719202636/http://trs-new.jpl.nasa.gov/dspace/bitstream/2014/22712/1/97-1236.pdf . dead . July 19, 2011 . October 20, 2007 .
  4. NASA World Wind 1.4. NASA Ames Research Center, 2007.

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