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Kinich Ahau Patera

Kinich Ahau Patera, in a screenshot taken in NASA World Wind. Click to enlarge.

Kinich Ahau Patera is a patera, or a complex crater with scalloped edges, on Jupiter's moon Io. It is about 45 kilometers in diameter and is located at 49°21′N 310°15′W / 49.35°N 310.25°W / 49.35; -310.25 (Kinich Ahau Patera). It is named after the Mayan sun god Kinich Ahau.[1] Dazhbog Patera is located northeast, Amaterasu Patera is located south-southeast, and Manua Patera can be found southwest.[2]

References

  1. ^ "USGS Astro: Planetary Nomenclature: Kinich Ahau Patera". USGS Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature Feature Information. Retrieved August 20, 2019.
  2. ^ NASA World Wind 1.4. NASA Ames Research Center, 2007.


Quelle: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kinich_Ahau_Patera