Paneth (crater)

lunar crater data
latitude=63.0
N_or_S=N
longitude=94.8
E_or_W=W
diameter=65 km
depth="Unknown"
colong=95
eponym=Friedrich A. Paneth

Paneth is a lunar impact crater that is located on the far side of the Moon, just beyond the northwestern limb. It lies just to the north-northeast of Smoluchowski crater, and to the east-southeast of Boole crater on the near side.

The rim of Paneth crater is worn but not inordinately so; the edge remains well-defined and marked only by small craters along the northwest and southeast. This formation partly overlays a shallower crater 'Paneth K' along the southeast of the rim. Only a narrow strip of terrain separates Paneth from Smoluchowski crater, and this ground is marked by an elongated crater and a short rille.

The interior floor has a central peak formation near the mid-point and a pair of small craters along the eastern rim. The inner surface is otherwise relatively flat and marked only by tiny craterlets.

atellite craters

By convention, these features are identified on lunar maps by placing the letter on the side of the crater mid-point that is closest to Paneth crater.

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