Asha Patera

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. 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. Archived from the original on 1 November 2007. Retrieved October 19, 2007.
2. "USGS Astro: Planetary Nomenclature: Feature Data Search Results". USGS Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature Feature Information. Archived from the original on 31 October 2007. Retrieved October 18, 2007.
3. NASA World Wind 1.4. NASA Ames Research Center, 2007.