PETAVIUS CRATER

Posted by MENEZES FO
on Monday, April 13, 2020

Very complex crater.
Its internal walls are steep and irregular, with a rough appearance. It has a depth of 3.4 km and its floor was covered by lava. It has a central system of mountains with multiple peaks.
A narrow depression or channel (created in the past, when basaltic lava flowed through fractures in the crust), starts in the central mountains of the crater and crosses its inner floor towards its southwestern edge. This channel is known as Rimae Petavius and is 82 km long.


More details
https://www.astrobin.com/full/velp82/0/ ... real=&mod=

**Equipments**
Meade LX 200 10 "
Asi 290mc
Filter Moon baader
Sao Paulo-SP-Brazil
04/10/2020 00:19

Copyright: Fernando Oliveira de Menezes
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