Hommel (moon crater)

Hommel
Hommel with side craters ( LROC -WAC)
position	54.74 °  S , 32.93 °  E Coordinates: 54 ° 44 '24 "  S , 32 ° 55' 48"  E
diameter	114 km
depth	5050 m
Card sheet	127 (PDF)
Named after	Johannes Hommel ; German astronomer and mathematician (1518–1562)
Named since	1935
Unless otherwise stated, the information comes from the entry in the IAU / USGS database

Hommel is an impact crater to the south of the lunar front , southeast of Pitiscus and southwest of Vlacq . The crater rim is heavily eroded and overlaid by secondary craters several times.

List of secondary craters from Hommel

Letter	position	diameter	link
A.	53.86 °  S , 34.1 °  E	49 km	[1]
B.	55.38 °  S , 36.98 °  O	33 km	[2]
C.	54.94 °  S , 29.8 °  E	51 km	[3]
D.	55.9 °  S , 32.5 °  E	27 km	[4]
E.	59.12 °  S , 31.04 °  E	13 km	[5]
F.	58.59 °  S , 32.01 °  O	18 km	[6]
G	58.16 °  S , 27.41 °  E	31 km	[7]
H	52.55 °  S , 30.67 °  O	43 km	[8th]
HA	52.09 °  S , 30.54 °  O	10 km	[9]
J	53.53 °  S , 27.87 °  O	18 km	[10]
K	55.58 °  S , 26.93 °  O	15 km	[11]
L.	56.19 °  S , 27.86 °  O	17 km	[12]
M.	59.9 °  S , 27.44 °  O	7 km	[13]
N	59.47 °  S , 28.87 °  E	14 km	[14]
O	58.72 °  S , 28.25 °  O	6 km	[15]
P	57 °  S , 31.75 °  E	34 km	[16]
Q	56.2 °  S , 38.35 °  E	26 km	[17]
R.	52.63 °  S , 32.66 °  O	10 km	[18]
S.	56.75 °  S , 36.22 °  E	21 km	[19]
T	57.74 °  S , 26.49 °  E	22 km	[20]
V	53.74 °  S , 33.6 °  E	13 km	[21]
X	60.91 °  S , 32.1 °  O	6 km	[22]
Y	60.49 °  S , 30.83 °  O	3 km	[23]
Z	59.98 °  S , 30.53 °  E	4 km	[24]

The crater was officially named by the IAU in 1935 after the German theologian, mathematician and astronomer Johannes Hommel .

Web links

• Hommel in the Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature of the IAU (WGPSN) / USGS
• Hommel on The-Moon Wiki

Individual evidence

1. ^ John E. Westfall: Atlas of the Lunar Terminator. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge et al. 2000, ISBN 0-521-59002-7 .