Hopmann (crater)

lunar crater data
latitude=50.8
N_or_S=S
longitude=160.3
E_or_W=E
diameter=88 km
depth="Unknown"
colong=202
eponym=Josef Hopmann

Hopmann is a lunar crater that lies in the southern hemisphere on the Moon's far side. It is attached to the northern part of the large Poincaré walled-plain. Less than one crater diameter to the north-northwest is Garavito crater.

The outer rim of this crater has undergone some wear due to impact erosion. Still the inner walls possess some structures along the southern edge. A small crater overlays the northern rim, and a pair of tiny craters line along the eastern edge.

The interior floor is relatively level and has a lower albedo than the surrounding surface, giving it a slightly dark appearance. There are some low ridges near the crater mid-point, and a double-ringed rim to the south-southeast of the center. A tiny craterlets to the northwest of the mid-point is surrounded by a small skirt of higher albedo material, giving it the appearance of a white patch.

References

* cite web
last = Wood | first = Chuck | date = July 23, 2007
url = http://www.lpod.org/?m=20070723
title = 5 Sights in One Crater
publisher = Lunar Photo of the Day
accessdate = 2007-07-16

External links

*ESA, " [http://www.esa.int/esaSC/SEM1PPOFGLE_index_0.html SMART-1’s view of Crater Hopmann: on the shoulder of a giant] ", May 3, 2006.