Asha Patera

{{Short description|Complex crater with scalloped edges on Jupiter's moon Io}}

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Asha Patera is a patera, or a complex crater with scalloped edges, on Jupiter's moon Io. It is approximately 108 kilometers in diameter and located at {{coord|8.84|S|225.69|W|globe:io|name=Asha Patera}}. It is named after asha, the Zoroastrian principle of Truth. Its name was adopted by the International Astronomical Union in 1979.{{cite web |

title=Asha Patera |

work=Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature |

url=https://planetarynames.wr.usgs.gov/Feature/421 |

accessdate=2019-08-06 | archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20161222050049/https://planetarynames.wr.usgs.gov/Feature/421| archive-date= 2016-12-22| url-status= live}} Reiden Patera and Kami-Nari Patera can both be found to the west.NASA World Wind 1.4. NASA Ames Research Center, 2007.