Petavius (crater)

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Petavius ​​is an impact crater on the moon. It is located on the southeastern edge of Mare Fecunditatis, south of Langrenus and north of Furnerius. Petavius ​​is more than 180 km in diameter, a large crater with a distinctive, terraced wall and central peak. He belongs to the type of floor - fractured crater and was assigned by Peter H. Schultz Class I. The aufdringende in the crater interior magma caused multiple column fractures, the so-called Rimae Petavius ​​or Petavius ​​grooves, a system of lunar grooves with three eye-catching main grooves.

The crater was named in 1935 by the IAU by the French Jesuit Denis Petau.