Balmer (crater)

Short description: Crater on the Moon

Balmer

LRO image

Diameter| 112 km
Depth| None
Colongitude| 288° at sunrise

Balmer is the lava-flooded remains of a lunar impact crater. Only the heavily worn southern and eastern sections of the crater still survive; the remainder being overlaid by a lava flow that joins to the nearby mare. Balmer lies to the east-southeast of the crater Vendelinus.

Balmer was considered a Constellation Region of Interest.[1] Light plains deposits overly mare basalt, as evidenced by multiple dark-halo craters.[2]

## Contents

* 1 Gallery
* 2 Satellite craters
* 3 References
* 4 External links

## Gallery

* Oblique view facing west from Apollo 17

* One of the more interesting features within Balmer is this 1-km wide impact crater with a prominent ray system, photographed by Apollo 14

* LRO image of the 1-km crater with rays within Balmer

## Satellite craters

By convention these features are identified on lunar maps by placing the letter on the side of the crater midpoint that is closest to Balmer.

Balmer  | Latitude  | Longitude  | Diameter

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M  | 20.7° S  | 71.5° E  | 5 km
N  | 19.9° S  | 69.9° E  | 8 km
P  | 20.4° S  | 67.7° E  | 13 km
Q  | 18.7° S  | 70.5° E  | 7 km
R  | 18.7° S  | 69.1° E  | 4 km
S  | 18.4° S  | 67.6° E  | 6 km

## References

1. ↑ Two-toned Impact Crater in Balmer Basin: A Reflection of the Target?, Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter Camera article, 26 March 2010.
2. ↑ Hawke, B. R., J. J. Gillis, T. A. Giguere, D. T. Blewett, D. J. Lawrence, P. G. Lucey, G. A. Smith, P. D. Supdis, G. J. Taylor (2005) Remote sensing and geologic studies of the Balmer-Kapteyn region of the Moon, Journal of Geophysical Research, 110. doi:10.1029/2004JE00283.

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## External links

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