Petavius crater and nearby features
Taken by raffaello Lena on February 22, 2026 @
Rome Italy
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Petavius is a large, Imbrian-age crater located on the southern edge of Mare Fecunditatis. It is a floor-fractured crater, a crater that has undergone uplift and fracturing due to magmas pushing up from below. The hilly areas located to the east and to the north of the central peaks contain several rilles, some straight and others sinuous. Much of the floor is rough, but there are smoother areas in the very north and south. Views under higher solar altitudes show that
these two patches have a lower albedo than the surrounding surface. A large pyroclastic deposit is located in the northern part of Petavius
floor, while in the southernmost region of Petavius is situated. In this image also the craters Vendelinus and Langrenus are imaged. Mak Cassegrain 18 cm from Rome Italy.
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