Hermite (crater)

lunar crater data
latitude=86.0
N_or_S=N
longitude=89.9
E_or_W=W
diameter=104 km
depth="Unknown"
colong=110
eponym=Charles Hermite

Hermite is a lunar impact crater located along the northern lunar limb, close to the north pole of the Moon. It was first discovered in 1964. To the west is the Rozhdestvenskiy crater, and to the south are the Lovelace and Sylvester craters. From the Earth this crater is viewed nearly from the side, and it is illuminated by oblique sunlight.

This is a worn, eroded crater with a rugged outer rim that is notched and incised from past impacts. A crater overlays the southwestern rim, and the two formations have merged to share a common interior floor. A pair of small craters lie along the southern part of the rim, and a small crater is also attached near the northern end. The interior floor has been resurfaced, so that it forms a wide plain that is pock-marked by numerous tiny craterlets and low hills. There is a small crater on the floor near the northeastern wall.

atellite craters

By convention these features are identified on lunar maps by placing the letter on the side of the crater mid-point that is closest to Hermite crater.

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