Patera (disambiguation)
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A patera
Patera
A patera was a broad, shallow dish used for drinking, primarily in a ritual context such as a libation. These paterae were often used in Rome....

was a Roman drinking vessel

Patera may also refer to:

Astronomy

  • List of paterae on Io, Jupiter's moon
    • Dazhbog Patera
      Dazhbog Patera
      Dazhbog Patera is a volcanic feature on Jupiter's moon Io. Named after Dažbog, it has a diameter of 118.36 km. and is located . This volcano is difficult to differentiate from the other volcanoes and geological features in some images of Io. In images from the Voyager spacecraft, this caldera...

      , volcanic feature on Jupiter's moon Io
    • Ra Patera
      Ra Patera
      Ra Patera is an extraterrestrial volcano located on Io. An active volcano, it was first studied in 1979 via Voyager stereo imagery to determine its geology, topography, and the source of its eruptions. When first discovered, the mountain reached about in height and featured numerous lava flows of...

      , active extraterrestrial volcano located on Io
    • Tawhaki Patera
      Tawhaki Patera
      Tawhaki Patera is an active volcano on Jupiter's moon Io. It is located on Io's leading hemisphere at within the equatorial plains of western Media Regio. Tawhaki is an Ionian patera, a type of volcanic crater similar to a caldera, wide and deep....

      , active volcano on Jupiter's moon Io
    • Thomagata Patera
      Thomagata Patera
      Thomagata Patera is a volcano on Jupiter's moon Io. It is located on Io's anti-Jupiter hemisphere at , to the east of the nearby active volcanoes Volund and Zamama. Thomagata is a kidney-shaped Ionian patera, a type of volcanic crater similar to a caldera, long, wide, and deep...

      , volcano on Jupiter's moon Io
    • Tupan Patera
      Tupan Patera
      Tupan Patera is an active volcano on Jupiter's moon Io. It is located on Io's anti-Jupiter hemisphere at . Tupan consists of a volcanic crater, known as a patera, 79 kilometers across and 900 meters deep...

      , active volcano on Jupiter's moon Io
  • Pityusa Patera
    Pityusa Patera
    Pityusa Patera is a feature in the Mare Australe quadrangle of Mars, located at 67.0° S and 323.1° W. It is 230.0 km across and was named after a classical albedo feature name....

    , feature in the Mare Australe quadrangle of Mars
  • Sacajawea Patera
    Sacajawea Patera
    Sacajawea Patera is a large, elongate caldera located in Western Ishtar Terra on the smooth plateau of Lakshmi Planum, on the planet Venus. The image is centered at 64.5 degrees North latitude and 337 degrees East longitude. It is approximately wide at the base...

     is a large, elongate caldera located in Western Ishtar Terra on the smooth plateau of Lakshmi Planum, on the planet Venus
  • Tyrrhena Patera
    Tyrrhena Patera
    Tyrrhena Patera is the central depression of a large volcano in the Mare Tyrrhenum quadrangle of Mars, located at 21.36° south latitude and 253.47° west longitude. It was named after a classical albedo feature name. Pit chains are found at the summit of Tyrrhena Patera. They are formed by...

    , central depression of a large volcano in the Mare Tyrrhenum quadrangle of Mars
  • Ulysses Patera
    Ulysses Patera
    Ulysses Patera is a Martian volcano. It is located in the Tharsis quadrangle at2.89° north latitude and 121.55° west longitude. It is 58 km across and is named after a classical albedo feature name. Its size changed Sept. 19, 2007 to correspond only to the central depression.Olympusis the...

     is a Martian volcano
  • Uranius Patera
    Uranius Patera
    Uranius Patera is a volcano on Mars located in the Tharsis quadrangle. It is about 3 kilometers high and it has shallow slopes. It belongs to Uranius group of volcanoes in the Tharsis area.Side of Uranius Patera consist of radial lava flows with few low shields with the large caldera which is...

    , volcano on Mars located in the Tharsis quadrangle

Zoology

  • Patera (gastropod), snail found in the eastern United States
  • Patera clarki
    Patera clarki
    Patera clarki, common name the Dwarf Proud Globe, is a species of air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Polygyridae.- Subspecies :Subspecies within the species Patera clarki include:...

    , common name the Dwarf Proud Globe
    • Patera clarki nantahala
      Patera clarki nantahala
      Patera clarki nantahala, common names the noonday globe, noonday snail or noonday helix, is a subspecies of the species Patera clarki, a medium-sized, air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Polygyridae.The name "nantahala" is a Cherokee word which means...

      , (subspecies) air-breathing land snail found in North Carolina, USA
  • Patera perigraptus
    Patera perigraptus
    Patera perigraptus is a species of air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Polygyridae....

     is a species of air-breathing land snail

People

  • Patera Silk, fictional character in The Book of the Long Sun by Gene Wolfe
  • Adolf Patera
    Adolf Patera
    Adolf Patera , was a Bohemian chemist, mineralogist and metallurgist, best known for the important role he played in the utilisation of uranium in colour production in glass, and associated with silver extraction from the mines at Joachimsthal, then part of the Austro-Hungarian Empire, now known as...

     (1819-1894), Bohemian chemist, mineralogist and metallurgist
  • Jack Patera
    Jack Patera
    John Arlen "Jack" Patera is a former American football player and coach in the National Football League. He played for the Baltimore Colts, Chicago Cardinals and Dallas Cowboys. He was an assistant coach for the Los Angeles Rams, New York Giants and the Minnesota Vikings. Patera was the first head...

     (b.1933), former American football player and coach in the National Football League
  • Ken Patera
    Ken Patera
    Ken Patera is a former professional wrestler, Olympic weightlifter, and Strongman competitor.-Weightlifting/Strongman career:Patera is a former Olympic weightlifter and American powerlifter...

     (b.1942), retired professional wrestler, Olympic weightlifter, and Strongman competitor from Portland, Oregon
  • Pavel Patera
    Pavel Patera
    Pavel Patera , is a professional ice hockey player. He is currently a centre for the HC Kladno in the Czech Extraliga. Patera was drafted by the Dallas Stars at 1998 NHL Entry Draft as the 153rd pick overall.-Career:Patera has played in several countries...

     (b.1971), professional ice hockey player from the Czech Republic
  • Anthony Pateras
    Anthony Pateras
    Anthony Pateras is a multidisciplinary musician living and working in Melbourne, Australia. He performs on piano or analogue electronics, and composes written works for ensembles, orchestras and soloists.-Discography:SOLO:...

     (b.1979), multidisciplinary musician in Melbourne, Australia
  • Raúl Pateras Pescara
    Raúl Pateras Pescara
    Raúl Pateras Pescara de Castelluccio , marquis of Pateras-Pescara, was an Argentine lawyer and inventor specializing in seaplanes and helicopters, as well as motors, compressors, and the Pescara free-piston engine.-Biography:At the beginning of the 20th century, his family returned from Buenos...

    de Castelluccio (1890-1966), marquis of Pateras-Pescara and an Argentine lawyer and inventor
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