Petavius

Crater, craters · 184.1 km across · -25.39°, 60.78° · the Moon
クレーター・差し渡し約184.1km

WHY THAT NAME · なぜその名前か

Petau, Denis; French chronologist, astronomer (1583-1652).

Source of the name: France (Europe) · Approved by the IAU 1935 · Other features named after France

SEE IT · 地図で見る

Elevation here was measured by laser from orbit (LOLA). Nothing is estimated or generated.

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SATELLITE CRATERS · 衛星クレーター · 4

Smaller craters that share this name with a letter added. The IAU records them under the same origin, so they are listed here rather than given pages of their own.
この名前に英字を足した小さなクレーターです。由来は親と同じものとして登録されているため、ここに並べています。

Petavius A6.3 km

Petavius B32 km

Petavius C11.2 km

Petavius D19.5 km

NEAREST NAMED FEATURES · 近くの地名

What stands next to a place tells you what kind of place it is.

Rimae Petavius 谷（リマ）10 km

Vallis Palitzsch 谷108 km

Wrottesley クレーター123 km

Palitzsch クレーター126 km

Hase クレーター131 km

Snellius クレーター182 km

Vallis Snellius 谷185 km

Holden クレーター194 km

Great-circle distances on a sphere of radius 1,737.4 km.

Names and their origins come from the IAU Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature (USGS Astrogeology), retrieved 2026-08-14.
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DATA: IAU / USGS Astrogeology · NASA LRO LOLA