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Complex crater with scalloped edges on Jupiter's moon Io
A screenshot of an area including Viracocha Patera, from NASA World Wind.
Viracocha Patera is a patera, or a complex crater with scalloped edges, on Jupiter's moon Io. It is about 61 kilometers in diameter and is located at 61°45′S 280°04′W / 61.75°S 280.07°W / -61.75; -280.07 (Viracocha Patera). It is named after the Quechua creator god Viracocha. The name was adopted by the International Astronomical Union in 1979.[1] Viracocha Patera is a Voyager spacecraft-detected hot spot.[2] To Viracocha Patera's east-northeast is Mithra Patera, and to the northeast is the mountain Silpium Mons.[3]
