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Housing Units (2000): 459
Land area (2000): 11.571798 sq. miles (29.970818 sq. km)
Water area (2000): 0.000000 sq. miles (0.000000 sq. km)
Total area (2000): 11.571798 sq. miles (29.970818 sq. km)
FIPS code: 58400
Located within: Oklahoma (OK), FIPS 40
Location: 35.755558 N, 94.949116 W
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Pettit is a lunar impact crater that lies near the western limb of the Moon. In this location the crater is viewed nearly from the side by observers on Earth, and visibility can be significantly affected by libration effects.
The crater lies among the rugged features of the Montes Rook, the inner ring of mountains that surround the Mare Orientale impact basin. It is nearly a twin of the crater Nicholson which lies less than one crater diameter to the northeast. Another similar formation is Wright almost due south.
The rim of this crater has something of the appearance of a rounded hexagon, with slightly flattened rims to the east and west. The rim is sharp-edged, and the inner wall material has slumped down to lie in a pile around the base. The interior floor is a rugged jumble, with a small central peak and hills to the north and west. Beyond the rim lies rugged terrain to the north and west, while the ground becomes less jumbled to the southeast beyond the edge of the mountain foothills.
This formation should not be mistaken for ths similarly named crater Petit, a small feature on the eastern half of the Moon's near side.
Pettit Crater is a crater in the Amazonis quadrangle of Mars, located at 12.39° north latitude and 173.87° west longitude. It is 92.49 km in diameter and was named after Edison Pettit, an American astronomer (1890–1962).
Image:Pettit Crater Rim.JPG| Pettit Crater Rim, as seen by HiRISE. Image:Map of Amazonis.JPG|Map of Amazonis. Nicholson crater sits right on equator. Wikipettit.jpg|CTX camera (on Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter) image of central peak of Pettit Crater. Some dark slope streaks are visible.
Impact craters generally have a rim with ejecta around them, in contrast volcanic craters usually do not have a rim or ejecta deposits. As craters get larger (greater than 10 km in diameter) they usually have a central peak. The peak is caused by a rebound of the crater floor following the impact. If one measures the diameter of a crater, the original depth can be estimated with various ratios. Because of this relationship, researchers have found that many Martian craters contain a great deal of material; much of it is believed to be ice deposited when the climate was different. Sometimes craters expose layers that were buried. Rocks from deep underground are tossed onto the surface. Hence, craters can show us what lies deep under the surface. A pedestal crater is a crater with its ejecta sitting above the surrounding terrain and thereby forming a raised platform. This type of crater forms when an impact crater ejects material which forms an erosion resistant layer, thus protecting the immediate area from erosion. As a result of this hard covering, the crater and its ejecta become elevated when erosion removes the softer material that lies beyond the ejecta. Some pedestals have been accurately measured to be hundreds of meters above the surrounding area. This means that hundreds of meters of material were eroded away. Pedestal craters were first observed during the Mariner missions.
Pettit is an English surname of Hiberno-Norman origin. Variant spellings include Pettitt and Petitt. People with the surname include:
- Albert Pettit (1930–1997), U.S. Representative from Pennsylvania
- Alex Pettit, American public administration official
- B. R. Pettit (1947–2006), American sculptor
- Bob Pettit (1932– ), American basketball player
- Bob Pettit (baseball) (1861–1910), American baseball player
- Catriona Pettit (1971– ), Australian television presenter
- Charles Pettit (1736–1806), American lawyer and merchant
- Chris Pettit (1984– ), American baseball player
- Daniel Pettit (1915–2010), English footballer and industrialist
- Donald Pettit (1955– ), American astronaut
- Edison Pettit (1889–1962), American astronomer
- George Pettit (1982– ), Canadian vocalist
- George Hamilton Pettit (1872–1953), Canadian politician
- H. Foster Pettit (1930-2014), American politician
- Jane Bradley Pettit, American philanthropist
- John Pettit (1807–1877), United States Representative and Senator from Indiana
- John U. Pettit (1820–1881), U.S. Representative from Indiana
- Joseph M. Pettit (1916–1986), American academic
- Katherine Pettit (1868–1936), American educator
- Leon Pettit (1902–1974), American baseball pitcher
- Lloyd Pettit (1927–2003), American sportscaster
- Lyman C. Pettit (1868–1950), American pastor
- Milton Pettit (1835–1873), Wisconsin politician
- Myrea Pettit (1970– ), British fantasy and fairy artist and illustrator
- Nathaniel Pettit (1724–1803), Upper Canada politician
- Nicola Pettit (1978– ), New Zealand netball player
- Paul Pettit (1931– ), American baseball pitcher
- Philip Pettit (1945– ), Irish philosopher and political theorist
- Robert Lee Pettit (1906– ), American Navy
- Rowland Pettit (1927—1981), American chemist
- Sean Pettit (1992–), Canadian freeskier
- Terry Pettit, American volleyball coach
- Thomas Pettit (disambiguation)
- Tom Pettit (1931–1995), American television news correspondent
- Trevor Pettit (1951– ), Canadian politician
- William B. Pettit (1825–1905), American lawyer from Virginia
- William H. Pettit (1885–1985), New Zealand Christian missionary
Usage examples of "pettit".
In January 2003, a woman named Sarah Pettit, the senior editor for the Newsweek Arts and Entertainment section, died of non-Hodgkin s lymphoma at the tragically young age of thirty- six.
Major Pettingill Pettit, our former County Attorney and hero of the battle of Lookout Mountain.
And then Pettit came to me bearing an invisible mitten, with the fortitude of a dish-rag.
His father, Tom Pettit, the owner of the TeePee Ranch, had died three years ago, and it now belonged to Doyle.
Momentarily disgruntled by the implied failure, Doyle Pettit refilled his glass, then poured whiskey into the two that Sonny set on the table.
His objective was Doyle Pettit, minus his hat, goggles, and coat, standing by the hood of his shiny black automobile and proudly demonstrating to the curious the function of the crank.
His attention was centered on Doyle Pettit, although he had taken in the rest of them and marked them in his memory.
Lilli shifted her attention to Doyle Pettit, eloquently appealing to Franz Kreuger to persuade the homesteaders to change their minds about the cowboys.
What more would one ask than an opportunity to watch the great Aristide Pettit at work?
The brain of Aristide Pettit and the nose of Aristide Pettit cooperated to succeed.
Richelieu told everyone that he had been the first to respond to the burglar alarm at the Pettit house.
The name signed on the credit memo from the shopping bag, Johnsey Pettit, set off red lights and sirens in an interstate register of major crimes still awaiting clearance.