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Complex crater with scalloped edges on Jupiter's moon Io
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.
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Reiden Patera can be found to the south, and
Asha Patera can be found to the east.
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References
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"Kami-Nari Patera" . Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature . International Astronomical Union (IAU) Working Group for Planetary System Nomenclature (WGPSN). Retrieved February 21, 2018 .
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NASA World Wind 1.4. NASA Ames Research Center, 2007.