Patera (planetary nomenclature)

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title: Patera (planetary nomenclature)
text: Patera is an irregular crater, or a complex crater with scalloped edges on a celestial body. Paterae can have any origin, although the majority of them were created by volcanism. The term comes from Latin, where it refers to a shallow bowl used in antique cultures. This term is used in planetary nomenclature: it is a part of the international names of such features. In such names, it is capitalized and stands after the proper given name. Besides that, it can be used as a description term and app
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description: Irregular type of crater
original url: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Patera_(planetary_nomenclature)
date created: 2016-08-17T00:24:01Z
date modified: 2024-08-31T15:39:11Z
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