Pitatus (moon crater)

Pitatus
Pitatus and surroundings ( LROC -WAC)
position	29.91 °  S , 13.56 °  W Coordinates: 29 ° 54 '36 "  S , 13 ° 33' 36"  W
diameter	101 km
depth	680 m
Card sheet	94 (PDF)
Named after	Pietro Pitati (16th century)
Named since	1935
Unless otherwise stated, the information comes from the entry in the IAU / USGS database

Pitatus is an impact crater in the southwest of the front of the moon , on the southern edge of the Mare Nubium . Immediately to the west is the smaller Hesiodus crater (moon crater) .

The rim of the crater is heavily eroded, the interior is flooded by lava and is level, except for the grooves of the Rimae Pitatus that run concentrically along the rim .

List of Pitatus minor craters

Letter	position	diameter	link
A.	31.46 °  S , 13.31 °  W	6 km	[1]
B.	32.19 °  S , 10.55 °  W	18 km	[2]
C.	28.52 °  S , 12.56 °  W	12 km	[3]
D.	30.93 °  S , 12.07 °  W	10 km	[4]
E.	28.94 °  S , 10.25 °  W	6 km	[5]
G	29.83 °  S , 11.43 °  W	16 km	[6]
H	30.67 °  S , 15.84 °  W	14 km	[7]
J	26.54 °  S , 13.65 °  W	5 km	[8th]
K	30.44 °  S , 9.02 °  W	5 km	[9]
L.	29.11 °  S , 8.76 °  W	4 km	[10]
M.	32.21 °  S , 11.15 °  W	14 km	[11]
N	31.24 °  S , 10.95 °  W	13 km	[12]
P	30.93 °  S , 10.97 °  W	15 km	[13]
Q	30.45 °  S , 10.94 °  W	12 km	[14]
R.	31.22 °  S , 14.8 °  W	7 km	[15]
S.	27.37 °  S , 14.17 °  W	13 km	[16]
T	29.44 °  S , 11.3 °  W	5 km	[17]
V	29.04 °  S , 11.79 °  W	5 km	[18]
W.	28.03 °  S , 11.22 °  W	12 km	[19]
X	28.52 °  S , 11.66 °  W	19 km	[20]
Z	28.37 °  S , 10.51 °  W	23 km	[21]

The crater was officially named by the IAU in 1935 after the Italian astronomer and mathematician Pietro Pitati .

Web links

• Pitatus in the Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature of the IAU (WGPSN) / USGS
• Pitatus on The-Moon Wiki
• Spektrum.de : Amateur photo Pitatus and Wurzelbauer

Individual evidence

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