Babbar Patera is a

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, or a complex crater with scalloped edges, on

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's moon Io. It is about 86 kilometers in diameter and is located at . It is named after a Sumerian sun god, and its name was approved by the

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in 1979. Some scarps near Babbar Patera may represent faults. Immediately south of Babbar Patera is the

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Lyrcea Planum, and further south is Svarog Patera. To the east is the mountain Egypt Mons.''

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'' 1.4. NASA Ames Research Center, 2007.

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