Palisa (Moon)

Named after Johann Palisa - Czechoslovakian-Austrian astronomer (1848-1925).

Palisa is the remnant of a lunar crater that is located to the west of the walled plain Ptolemaeus. It lies to the north-northeast of the crater Davy, and is attached to the lava-flooded satellite crater Davy Y by a wide break in the southwest rim. The rim is worn and eroded, especially in the western half where there are multiple gaps that join the crater floor to the Mare Nubium to the west. The interior is nearly flat, and marked only by a pair of tiny craterlets in the southwest gap. (wikipedia entry)

A crater is a circular depression likely created by an impact event. On the Moon they are named after deceased scientists, polar explorers, astronauts or cosmonauts.

NW 47 km

Palisa T

Walking
21 Hours 46 Minutes

N 156 km

Lalande(last)

MRV
2 Hours 27 Minutes
Walking
2 Days 23 Hours

NE 212 km

Flammarion

MRV
3 Hours 19 Minutes
Walking
4 Days

W 72 km

Davy K

MRV
1 Hour 8 Minutes
Walking
1 Day 9 Hours

Palisa

-9.47° N 352.81° E

E 54 km

Ptolemaeus J

Walking
24 Hours 47 Minutes

SW 8 km

Palisa P

Walking
3 Hours 47 Minutes

S 47 km

Davy Y

Walking
21 Hours 36 Minutes

SE 53 km

Catena Davy

Walking
24 Hours 14 Minutes

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