Palitzsch (moon crater)
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| Palitzsch and Petavius ( LROC -WAC) | ||
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| position | 28.03 ° S , 64.37 ° O | |
| diameter | 42 km | |
| depth | 2870 m | |
| Card sheet | 98 (PDF) | |
| Named after | Johann Georg Palitzsch (1723–1788) | |
| Named since | 1935 | |
| Unless otherwise stated, the information comes from the entry in the IAU / USGS database | ||
Palitzsch is an impact crater to the east of the lunar front side , which is located directly on the southeastern edge of the large Petavius crater . The crater is badly eroded and the inside is uneven.
North of the crater starts the moon valley Vallis Palitzsch , the north along the wall of Petavius to craters Petavius D passes.
| Letter | position | diameter | link |
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| A. | 26.94 ° S , 65.65 ° O | 33 km | [1] |
| B. | 26.41 ° S , 68.35 ° O | 38 km | [2] |
The crater was officially named by the IAU in 1935 after the German astronomer Johann Georg Palitzsch .
Web links
- Palitzsch in the Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature of the IAU (WGPSN) / USGS
- Palitzsch on The-Moon Wiki
- mondkarte.org/.../Vallis-Palitzsch
Individual evidence
- ^ John E. Westfall: Atlas of the Lunar Terminator. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge et al. 2000, ISBN 0-521-59002-7 .