Fuchi Patera

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Fuchi Patera, in a screenshot taken in NASA World Wind. Click to enlarge.
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 28.3°N, 327.6°W. It is named after the Ainu fire goddess, 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]

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