Manua Patera

Patera on Jupiter's moon Io

Manua Patera is a patera, or a complex crater with scalloped edges, on Jupiter's moon Io. It is about 110 kilometers in diameter and is located at 35°47′N 321°44′W / 35.78°N 321.73°W / 35.78; -321.73 (Manua Patera). It is named after the Hawaiian sun god Manua. Its name was adopted by the International Astronomical Union in 1979.^[1] To the southwest is Fuchi Patera, and to the east is Amaterasu Patera.^[2]

References

^ "Manua Patera". Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature. USGS Astrogeology Research Program.
^ NASA World Wind 1.4. NASA Ames Research Center, 2007.

Geology

Lists	Regions Mountains Volcanic Features Quadrangles
Paterae	Ah Peku Amaterasu Asha Babbar Dazhbog Estan Fuchi Gish Bar Kami-Nari Kinich Ahau Loki Manua Maui Mithra Monan Pillan Prometheus Pyerun Ra Reiden Shango Svarog Tawhaki Thomagata Tupan Tvashtar Viracocha
Mountains	Egypt Euboea Silpium Tohil
Lava flows or channels	Tawhaki
Volcanism / Volcanoes	Amirani Masubi Pele Prometheus Surt Thor Zamama
Fluctūs	Kanehekili Fluctus
Plains and plateaus	Danube Planum

Exploration

Past	Pioneer program Pioneer 10 Pioneer 11 Voyager program Voyager 1 Voyager 2 Galileo Cassini New Horizons
Current	Juno
Planned / On-route	Europa Clipper Jupiter Icy Moons Explorer
Proposed	Io Volcano Observer
Cancelled / Concepts	Jupiter Icy Moons Orbiter Jupiter Europa Orbiter Jupiter Magnetospheric Orbiter FIRE