Palitzsch (crater)

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Palitzsch is an impact crater in the east of the Moon front, which lies directly on the southeastern edge of the great crater Petavius ​​. The crater is heavily eroded and uneven inside.

To the north of the crater begins the Moon Valley Vallis Palitzsch which runs in a northerly direction along the wall of Petavius ​​to secondary craters Petavius ​​D.

The crater was officially named by the IAU in 1935 by the German astronomer Johann Georg Palitzsch.