Petavius

[ pi-tah-vee-uh s ]

/ pɪˈtɑ vi əs /

a walled plain in the fourth quadrant of the face of the moon: about 100 miles (160 km) in diameter from crest to crest.

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Usher, like Scaliger and Petavius, had strictly conformed to the Hebrew chronology in all scriptural dates.
Introduction to the Literature of Europe in the Fifteenth, Sixteenth, and Seventeenth Centuries, Vol. 2|Henry Hallam
The merits of Petavius as a chronologer have been differently appreciated.
Introduction to the Literature of Europe in the Fifteenth, Sixteenth, and Seventeenth Centuries, Vol. 2|Henry Hallam
Here, they furrowed annular plateaus, such as Posidonius or Petavius.
All Around the Moon|Jules Verne
Petavius is remarkable not only for its great size, but also for the rare feature of having a double rampart.
The Story of the Heavens|Robert Stawell Ball

About a hundred and forty miles south of Petavius is the fourth great mountain ring lying on the same meridian.
Pleasures of the telescope|Garrett Serviss