Babbar Patera

{{Short description|Patera on Io}}

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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 {{Coord|39.8|S|272|W|globe:io|display=inline,title}}. It is named after a Sumerian sun god, and its name was approved by the International Astronomical Union in 1979.{{cite web |

title=Babbar Patera |

work=USGS Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature Feature Information |

url=https://planetarynames.wr.usgs.gov/Feature/534 |

accessdate=2019-08-11 }} Some scarps near Babbar Patera may represent faults.{{cite web |

title=io.pdf |

work=astrogeology.usgs.gov |

url=https://astrogeology.usgs.gov/Projects/PlanetaryMapping/DIGGEOL/galsats/io/io.pdf |

accessdate=October 20, 2007 }} Immediately south of Babbar Patera is the plateau Lyrcea Planum, and further south is Svarog Patera. To the east is the mountain Egypt Mons.NASA World Wind 1.4. NASA Ames Research Center, 2007.

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