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Complex crater with scalloped edges on Jupiter's moon Io
Asha Patera, in a screenshot taken in
NASA World Wind. Click to enlarge.
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
8°50′S 225°41′W / 8.84°S 225.69°W / -8.84; -225.69 (Asha Patera). It is named after
asha, the
Zoroastrian principle of Truth. Its name was adopted by the
International Astronomical Union in 1979.
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Reiden Patera and
Kami-Nari Patera can both be found to the west.
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