Mithra Patera

A screenshot of an area including Mithra Patera, from NASA World Wind.

Mithra Patera is a patera, or a complex crater with scalloped edges, on Jupiter's moon Io. It is about 34 kilometers in diameter and is located at 59°00′S 266°28′W / 59.0°S 266.46°W / -59.0; -266.46 (Mithra Patera). It is named after the Persian god of light, Mithra. Its name was adopted by the International Astronomical Union in 1985.^[1]^[2] To the north is Silpian Mons, and to the east is Pyerun Patera. Located southwest is Viracocha Patera.^[3]

References

↑ "IO NOMENCLATURE". lnfm1.sai.msu.su. Retrieved October 20, 2007.
↑ "USGS Astro: Planetary Nomenclature: Feature Data Search Results". USGS Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature Feature Information. Retrieved October 20, 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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