Mithra Patera is a
patera, or a complex crater with scalloped edges, on
Jupiter's moon
Io. It is about 34 kilometers in diameter and is located at . It is named after the
Persian god of light,
Mithra. Its name was adopted by the
International Astronomical Union in 1985. To the north is
Silpian Mons, and to the east is
Pyerun Patera
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 . It is named after the Slavonic god of thunder, Pyerun. The name was adopted by the Internatio ...
. Located southwest is
Viracocha Patera.
['' NASA World Wind'' 1.4. NASA Ames Research Center, 2007.]
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Surface features of Io (moon)