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. Some
scarps near Babbar Patera may represent
faults. Immediately south of Babbar Patera is the
plateau Lyrcea Planum, and further south is
Svarog Patera. To the east is the mountain
Egypt Mons.
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.
