Fuchi Patera

Fuchi Patera is a patera, or a complex crater with scalloped edges, on Jupiter's moon Io. It is approximately 66 kilometers in diameter and is located at 28.4°N 327.6°W / 28.4; -327.6 (Fuchi Patera). It is named after the Ainu fire goddess, Kamuy Fuchi. Its name was adopted by the International Astronomical Union in 1979.[1] Manua Patera is located north-northeast, and Amaterasu Patera is located northeast.[2]

Fuchi Patera, in a screenshot taken in NASA World Wind. Click to enlarge.

References

  1. "Fuchi Patera". Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature. USGS Astrogeology Research Program.
  2. NASA World Wind 1.4. NASA Ames Research Center, 2007.
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