Asha Patera

Asha Patera is a patera, or a complex crater with scalloped edges, on Jupiter's moon Io. It is approximately 108 kilometers in diameter and located at . It is named after asha, the Zoroastrian principle of Truth. Its name was adopted by the International Astronomical Union in 1979.[1][2] Reiden Patera and Kami-Nari Patera can both be found to the west.[3]

References

  1. ^ "IO NOMENCLATURE". lnfm1.sai.msu.su. http://lnfm1.sai.msu.su/neb/rw/natsat/jup_sat/io/patera.htm. Retrieved October 19, 2007. 
  2. ^ "USGS Astro: Planetary Nomenclature: Feature Data Search Results". USGS Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature Feature Information. http://planetarynames.wr.usgs.gov/jsp/FeatureNameDetail.jsp?feature=60590. Retrieved October 18, 2007. 
  3. ^ NASA World Wind 1.4. NASA Ames Research Center, 2007.