Pitatus R (Moon)

Satellite Feature of Pitatus

Named after Pitati, Pietro Pitatus - Italian astronomer, mathematician (unkn.-fl. c. 1500).

Joined to the northwest rim is the crater Hesiodus, and the two are joined by a narrow cleft. The complex wall is heavily worn, and has been encroached by lava flows. The rim is lowest to the north, where the lava almost joins the Mare Nubium. (wikipedia entry)