Pyerun Patera
A screenshot of an area including Pyerun Patera, from NASA World Wind.
Pyerun Patera is a patera, or a complex crater with scalloped edges, on Jupiter's moon Io. It is about 57 kilometers in diameter and is located at 55°39′S 251°04′W / 55.65°S 251.06°W. It is named after the Slavonic god of thunder, Pyerun. The name was adopted by the International Astronomical Union in 1985.[1] West of Pyerun Patera is Mithra Patera, and to the east is the mesa . To the northeast is , and to the northwest are the mountain Silpium Mons and Svarog Patera.[2]
WikiMiniAtlasReferences[]
- ^ "USGS Astro: Planetary Nomenclature: Pyerun Patera". USGS Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature Feature Information. Retrieved 2019-08-25.
- ^ NASA World Wind 1.4. NASA Ames Research Center, 2007.
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