Müller (moon crater)

Müller
Müller and surroundings ( LROC -WAC)
position	7.66 °  S , 2.01 °  E Coordinates: 7 ° 39 '36 "  S , 2 ° 0' 36"  E
diameter	23 km
depth	2030 m
Card sheet	77 (PDF)
Named after	Karl Müller (1866–1942)
Named since	1935
Unless otherwise stated, the information comes from the entry in the IAU / USGS database

Müller is a relatively small impact crater on the front of the moon , which lies in the approximate center of the triangle formed by the large craters Ptolemaeus , Hipparchus and Albategnius . The crater is irregularly shaped and overlaid by a secondary crater in the south.

List of Müller's secondary craters

Letter	position	diameter	link
A.	8.16 °  S , 2.08 °  E	9 km	[1]
F.	7.87 °  S , 1.44 °  E	6 km	[2]
O	7.9 °  S , 2.38 °  E	10 km	[3]

The crater was officially named by the IAU in 1935 after the Czech astronomer Karl Müller .

Web links

• Müller in the Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature of the IAU (WGPSN) / USGS
• Müller 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 .