Pettit (moon crater)

Pettit
Pettit (middle left) and surroundings ( LROC -WAC)
position	27.57 °  S , 86.73 °  W Coordinates: 27 ° 34 '12 "  S , 86 ° 43' 48"  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.

List of minor craters from Pettit

Letter	position	diameter	link
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

• Pettit in the Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature of the IAU (WGPSN) / USGS
• Pettit on The-Moon Wiki

Individual evidence

1. ^ John E. Westfall: Atlas of the Lunar Terminator. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge et al. 2000, ISBN 0-521-59002-7 .