Pictet is a
lunar
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Lunar may also refer to:
Arts and entertainment
* ''Lunar'' (series), a series of video games
* "Lunar" (song), by David Guetta
* "Lunar", a song by Priestess from the 2009 album ''Prior t ...
impact crater
An impact crater is a circular depression in the surface of a solid astronomical object formed by the hypervelocity impact of a smaller object. In contrast to volcanic craters, which result from explosion or internal collapse, impact craters ...
located just to the east of the larger and more prominent impact crater
Tycho. The high-
albedo
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rays
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Fish
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* Ray (fish fin anatomy), a bony or horny spine on a fin
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* Ray (geometry), half of a line proceeding from an initial point
* Ray (gra ...
and ejecta from Tycho lie across Pictet and spread far to the east and in other directions. Pictet is older than Tycho and is somewhat worn by past impacts. The slightly smaller crater Pictet A intrudes slightly into the southwest rim. The larger crater Pictet E is nearly joined to the north rim. To the east is
Saussure, and to the northeast is the larger, worn formation
Orontius.
Swiss physicist
Marc-Auguste Pictet
Marc-Auguste Pictet (; 23 July 1752 – 19 April 1825) was a Swiss scientific journalist and experimental natural philosopher.
Pictet's main contribution to learning was his editing of the scientific section of the ''Bibliothèque Britanni ...
(eponym of Pictet crater)
was the student and later colleague and friend of
Horace-Bénédict de Saussure (eponym of nearby Saussure crater).
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 Pictet.
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Impact craters on the Moon