Petavius

Summary

Petavius is an impact crater^[1]. Petavius ranks in the top 5% of impact_crater entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (20 views/month).^[2]

Key Facts

• A notable student of Petavius was Pierre Chastellain^[3].
• Petavius's image is recorded as Petavius crater LROC.jpg^[4].
• Petavius's instance of is recorded as impact crater^[5].
• Denis Pétau is named after Petavius^[6].
• Petavius's location is recorded as LQ21^[7].
• Petavius's Commons category is recorded as Petavius (lunar crater)^[8].
• Petavius's located on astronomical body is recorded as Moon^[9].
• Petavius's coordinate location is recorded as {'lat': -25.39, 'lon': 60.78}^[10].
• Petavius's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/03tvgt^[11].
• Petavius's Gran Enciclopèdia Catalana ID is recorded as 0050573^[12].
• Petavius's diameter is recorded as {'unit': 'Q828224', 'amount': '+184'}^[13].
• Petavius's Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature ID is recorded as 4668^[14].
• Petavius's vertical depth is recorded as {'unit': 'Q11573', 'amount': '+3330'}^[15].
• Petavius's Gran Enciclopèdia Catalana ID is recorded as petavius^[16].

Body

Designation and Status

Petavius's instance of is recorded as impact crater^[5].

History and Context

Denis Pétau is named after Petavius^[6].

Cultural Significance

Things named for Petavius include Rimae Petavius^[17], a rille^[18].

Why It Matters

Petavius ranks in the top 5% of impact_crater entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (20 views/month).^[2] Petavius has Wikipedia articles in 12 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[19]

Entities named for Petavius include Rimae Petavius^[17], a rille^[18].