Kami-Nari Patera, in a screenshot taken in NASA World Wind. Click to enlarge.

Kami-Nari Patera is a patera, or a complex crater with scalloped edges, on Jupiter's moon Io. It is approximately 53 kilometers in diameter and is located at 8°42′S 235°05′W / 8.7°S 235.08°W / -8.7; -235.08 (Kami-Nari Patera). It is named after the Japanese god of rolling thunder, Kami-Nari. Its name was adopted by the International Astronomical Union in 2000.[1] Reiden Patera can be found to the south, and Asha Patera can be found to the east.[2]

References

  1. "Kami-Nari Patera". Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature. International Astronomical Union (IAU) Working Group for Planetary System Nomenclature (WGPSN). Retrieved February 21, 2018.
  2. NASA World Wind 1.4. NASA Ames Research Center, 2007.
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