Petit (moon crater)
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| position | 2.32 ° N , 63.45 ° O | |
| diameter | 5 km | |
| depth | 1070 m | |
| Card sheet | 62 (PDF) | |
| Type | BIO | |
| Named after | Alexis Thérèse Petit (1791-1820) | |
| Named since | 1976 | |
| Unless otherwise stated, the information comes from the entry in the IAU / USGS database | ||
Petit is a small, bowl-shaped impact crater on the eastern edge of the front of the moon , on the northwestern edge of Mare Spumans , south of Townley crater . The crater floor is flat. The stripes of bright ejecta in the area are noticeable, forming a small radiation system that extends as far as the Mare Spumans .
The crater was officially named by the IAU in 1976 after the French physicist Alexis Thérèse Petit . Previously, he was as Apollonius W respectively.
Web links
Individual evidence
- ^ John E. Westfall: Atlas of the Lunar Terminator. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge et al. 2000, ISBN 0-521-59002-7 .