Pettit (moon crater)
Pettit | ||
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Pettit (middle left) and surroundings ( LROC -WAC) | ||
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position | 27.57 ° S , 86.73 ° W | |
diameter | 37 km | |
depth | 3910 m | |
Card sheet | 91 (PDF) | |
Named after | Edison Pettit (1889–1962) | |
Named since | 1970 | |
Unless otherwise stated, the information comes from the entry in the IAU / USGS database |
Pettit is an impact crater on the far western edge of the front of the moon in the Montes Rook mountain range , southwest of Nicholson Crater . The rim of the crater is only slightly eroded, the interior is uneven.
Letter | position | diameter | link | |
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C. | 24.91 ° S , 89.06 ° W | 8 kilometers | [1] | |
T | Renamed Shuleykin |
The crater was officially named by the IAU in 1970 after the American astronomer Edison Pettit .
Web links
Individual evidence
- ^ John E. Westfall: Atlas of the Lunar Terminator. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge et al. 2000, ISBN 0-521-59002-7 .