Shango Patera

Shango Patera is a patera, or a complex crater with scalloped edges, on Jupiter's moon Io. It is about 90 kilometers in diameter and is located at 32.4°, 100.5°W. It is named after the Yoruba thunder god Shango. Its name was approved by the International Astronomical Union in 2000. [cite web
title=IO NOMENCLATURE | work=lnfm1.sai.msu.su
url=http://lnfm1.sai.msu.su/neb/rw/natsat/jup_sat/io/patera.htm
accessdate=October 20
accessyear=2007] [cite web
title=USGS Astro: Planetary Nomenclature: Feature Data Search Results | work=USGS Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature Feature Information
url=http://planetarynames.wr.usgs.gov/jsp/FeatureNameDetail.jsp?feature=65636
accessdate=October 20
accessyear=2007] It is located north of Skythia Mons. To the southwest is the eruptive center Amirani, and to the southeast are Gish Bar Patera, Gish Bar Mons, and Estan Patera. ["NASA World Wind" 1.4. NASA Ames Research Center, 2007.]

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