Most of the rim of Petrie is sharp-edged, with a deposit of
scree along the base of the inner wall. There is an outward bulge to the rim along the southwest, where the surface has slumped into the interior.
Petrie is located to the east of the much larger walled plain
Fabry. To the east of Petrie is the comparably sized crater
Rayet.
Satellite craters
By convention these features are identified on lunar maps by placing the letter on the side of the crater midpoint that is closest to Petrie.
Petrie
Latitude
Longitude
Diameter
U
45.6° N
106.3° E
20 km
References
^"Petrie". Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature.
IAU/
NASA/
USGS. Retrieved 29 April 2024.
Andersson, L. E.;
Whitaker, E. A. (1982). NASA Catalogue of Lunar Nomenclature. NASA RP-1097.
Menzel, D. H.; Minnaert, M.; Levin, B.; Dollfus, A.; Bell, B. (1971). "Report on Lunar Nomenclature by the Working Group of Commission 17 of the IAU". Space Science Reviews. 12 (2): 136–186.
Bibcode:
1971SSRv...12..136M.
doi:
10.1007/BF00171763.
S2CID122125855.