Geological Chronicle
Located on the lunar far side, Smoluchowski spans 84.26 kilometers in diameter and occupies a part of the lunar surface occasionally brought into view from Earth during favorable libration and illumination from sunlight. When visible from Earth, little detail can be seen because the crater is observed from the edge.
Smoluchowski lies across the northern rim of the larger Poczobutt, a walled plain, while the smaller crater Paneth lies nearly attached to its north-northeastern outer rim. Along the surface connecting Smoluchowski with Paneth, an elongated depression overlies the rim edge and inner wall, accompanied by a narrow groove running from east to west.
Smoluchowski is a worn and eroded crater formation that has still managed to retain much of its original shape. The remains of a small crater lie across the southern floor and inner wall, protruding slightly into Poczobutt, while another small crater lies along the inner wall of the southwestern rim. Apart from the small crater rim in the southern floor, the interior surface is relatively level and marked by a few small craters along the eastern edge.