Paneth

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Paneth

Lat: 63.0°N, Long: 94.8°W, Diam: 65 km, Depth: 3.6 km, Rükl: (farside), Nectarian

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Clementine
In this frame, Paneth is the large crater at centre, with Smoluchowski near the frame's lower left corner. Note the "groove" running through Paneth's southern section.

Images

LPOD Photo Gallery Lunar Orbiter Images

  • Paneth was captured in Lunar Orbiter IV's frame LO-IV-190-med, in which it is detectable to the north-northeast of Poczobutt and its adjacent craters Cannizzaro, Omar Khayyam, and Smoluchowski, of which the third and northern one (Smoluchowski) is touching the south-southwestern part of Paneth's rim.
    Research Lunar Orbiter IV photography: Danny Caes


Maps

(LAC zone 21B1) USGS Digital Atlas PDF

Description


Description: Wikipedia

Paneth

Additional Information

  • Measures on LRO QuickMap give depth about 3.6 km


Nomenclature

Friedrich Adolf; German chemist (1887-1958).

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