Hermann (crater)

Short description: Crater on the Moon

Hermann

Lunar Orbiter 4 image of Hermann (center) and Hermann B (above right)

Diameter| 16 km
Depth| 1.4 km
Colongitude| 57° at sunrise

Hermann is a small lunar impact crater that is located in the western Oceanus Procellarum, just over one crater diameter to the south of the Moon's equator. It is a solitary crater with only a few tiny craterlets and some low wrinkle ridges nearby.

The interior floor of this crater has been flooded with lava, leaving a dark surface with the same albedo as the surrounding lunar mare. Only a low, nearly circular rim projects above the surface, which is not significantly eroded. The rim has a slight outward bulge on the western rim.

## 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 Hermann.

Hermann  | Latitude  | Longitude  | Diameter

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A  | 0.4° N  | 58.2° W  | 4 km
B  | 0.3° S  | 57.1° W  | 5 km
C  | 0.2° S  | 60.6° W  | 3 km
D  | 2.3° S  | 54.0° W  | 3 km
E  | 0.1° N  | 52.0° W  | 4 km
F  | 1.3° N  | 55.4° W  | 3 km
H  | 0.9° N  | 61.8° W  | 4 km
J  | 2.6° N  | 57.4° W  | 4 km
K  | 2.4° N  | 58.3° W  | 3 km
L  | 2.4° N  | 59.1° W  | 3 km
R  | 0.6° N  | 55.6° W  | 3 km
S  | 1.0° N  | 55.5° W  | 4 km

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