Houtermans (moon crater)
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| position | 9.4 ° S , 87.4 ° E | |
| diameter | 43 km | |
| Card sheet | 81 (PDF) | |
| Named after | Friedrich Georg Houtermans | |
| Named since | 1973 | |
| Unless otherwise stated, the information comes from the entry in the IAU / USGS database | ||
Houtermans is an impact crater on the eastern edge of the front of the moon , south of Mare Smythii , southeast of Kiess crater and south of Kao . The crater consists of two heavily eroded, largely overlapping partial craters.
The crater was officially named in 1973 by the IAU after the German physicist Friedrich Georg Houtermans (1903–1966).
Web links
- Houtermans in the Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature of the IAU (WGPSN) / USGS
- Houtermans on The-Moon Wiki