Houtermans (crater)

Houtermans (crater)

lunar crater data
latitude=9.4
N_or_S=S
longitude=87.2
E_or_W=E
diameter=29 km
depth="Unknown"
colong=273
eponym=Friedrich G. Houtermans

Houtermans is a lunar crater that is located beside the eastern limb of the Moon, in the region of the surface where visibility is affected by libration. It lies to the east of Kreiken crater, and south of the Helmert-Kao double-crater.

This is an elongated formation created by two or more merged crater formations. The crater formation is twice as wide in longitude as it is in latitude, with the long axis oriented toward the west-northwest. The rim is worn and eroded, with a tiny crater along the northern-most part of the rim, and an inward bulge along the northern half of the inner rim about 60% of the distance from west to east. The interior floor is relatively featureless, with only a few tiny craterlets.

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