Reiden Patera (Io)

Japanese thunder god.

Reiden Patera is a volcanic feature on Jupiter's moon Io. It was first detected by the Galileo SSI Team during the spacecraft Galileo's first orbit around Jupiter, initially detected as a hotspot. It was once thought that the activity there had stopped or waned below the limits of the spacecraft's Solid State Imager or Near-Infrared Mapping Spectrometer. However, it was noticed in 2002 that Reiden Patera has darkened considerably since the 24th orbit of Galileo. (wikipedia entry)

A patera is an irregular crater, or a complex one with scalloped edges. Usually the dish-shaped depression atop a volcano. On Io they are named after words for fire, sun or thunder; volcano gods, heroes, goddesses or mythical blacksmiths.

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NW 326 km

Pillan Mons

MRV
5 Hours 6 Minutes
Walking
5 Days 21 Hours

N 82 km

Kami-Nari Patera(last)

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1 Hour 16 Minutes
Walking
1 Day 11 Hours

NE 326 km

Asha Patera

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5 Hours 6 Minutes
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5 Days 21 Hours

W 249 km

Pillan Patera(next)

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3 Hours 53 Minutes
Walking
4 Days 11 Hours

Reiden Patera

-13.3° N 124.53° E

E 1564 km

Haokah Patera

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24 Hours 26 Minutes
Walking
28 Days 4 Hours

SW 723 km

Danube Planum

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11 Hours 18 Minutes
Walking
13 Days

S 335 km

Caucasus Mons

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5 Hours 14 Minutes
Walking
6 Days 1 Hour

SE 491 km

Wayland Patera

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7 Hours 40 Minutes
Walking
8 Days 20 Hours

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