Complex crater with scalloped edges on Jupiter's moon Io
Highest resolution image of Estan Patera, acquired by Galileo during an encounter with Io in October 1999
Estan Patera is a patera , or a complex crater with scalloped edges, on Jupiter 's moon Io . It is 95 kilometers in diameter and located at 21°32′N 87°35′W / 21.53°N 87.59°W / 21.53; -87.59 . It is named after the Hittite sun god Estan . Its name was adopted by the International Astronomical Union in 2006. It is located at the northern base of the 11-kilometer mountain Gish Bar Mons . Located west-northwest is Skythia Mons , and to the southwest is Monan Mons , at the northern and southern ends of which are Monan Patera and Ah Peku Patera .
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^ "Estan Patera" . Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature . USGS Astrogeology Research Program.
NASA World Wind 1.4. NASA Ames Research Center, 2007.
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