Fuchi Patera

Fuchi Patera, in a screenshot taken in NASA World Wind. Click to enlarge.

Fuchi Patera is a patera, or a complex crater with scalloped edges, on Jupiter's moon Io. It is approximately 64 kilometers in diameter and is located at 28°20′N 327°34′W / 28.34°N 327.57°W / 28.34; -327.57 (Fuchi Patera). It is named after the Ainu fire goddess, Kamuy Fuchi. Its name was adopted by the International Astronomical Union in 1979.^[1]^[2] Manua Patera is located north-northeast, and Amaterasu Patera is located northeast.^[3]

References

↑ "IO NOMENCLATURE". lnfm1.sai.msu.su. Retrieved October 19, 2007.
↑ "USGS Astro: Planetary Nomenclature: Feature Data Search Results". USGS Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature Feature Information. Retrieved October 19, 2007.
↑ NASA World Wind 1.4. NASA Ames Research Center, 2007.

Main articles

Geology

Lists	Regions Mountains Volcanic Features Quadrangles

Paterae	Ah Peku Amaterasu Asha Babbar Dazhbog Estan Fuchi Gish Bar Kami-Nari Kinich Ahau Loki Manua Maui Mithra Monan Pillan Prometheus Pyerun Reiden Shango Svarog Tawhaki Thomagata Tupan Tvashtar Viracocha

Mountains	Egypt Euboea Silpium Tohil

Lava flows or channels	Tawhaki

Volcanoes	Amirani Masubi Pele Prometheus Surt Thor Zamama

Fluctūs	Kanehekili Fluctus

Plains and plateaus	Danube Planum

Exploration

Past	Pioneer program Pioneer 10 Pioneer 11 Voyager program Voyager 1 Voyager 2 Galileo Cassini New Horizons

Planned	Jupiter Icy Moon Explorer

Proposed	Io Volcano Observer

Cancelled/ Concepts	Jupiter Icy Moons Orbiter Jupiter Magnetospheric Orbiter

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