Paneth (crater)

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Crater characteristics
Coordinates	63.0° N, 94.8° W
Diameter	65 km
Depth	Unknown
Colongitude	95° at sunrise
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.

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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.