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Complex crater with scalloped edges on Jupiter's moon Io
Kami-Nari Patera, in a screenshot taken in NASA World Wind . Click to enlarge. Kami-Nari Patera is a patera , or a complex crater with scalloped edges, on Jupiter 's moon Io . It is approximately 53 kilometers in diameter and is located at 8°42′S 235°05′W / 8.7°S 235.08°W / -8.7; -235.08 (Kami-Nari Patera ) Japanese god of rolling thunder, Kami-Nari . Its name was adopted by the International Astronomical Union in 2000.[ 1] Reiden Patera can be found to the south, and Asha Patera can be found to the east.[ 2]
^ "Kami-Nari Patera" . Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature . International Astronomical Union (IAU) Working Group for Planetary System Nomenclature (WGPSN). Retrieved February 21, 2018 .^ NASA World Wind
