Hell (crater)

Hell
Lunar Orbiter 4 image
Coordinates32°26′S 7°51′W / 32.43°S 7.85°W / -32.43; -7.85
Diameter32.55 km
Depth2.2 km[1]
Colongitude8° at sunrise
EponymMaximilian Hell

Hell is a lunar crater in the south of the Moon's near side, within the western half of the enormous walled plain Deslandres. To the southeast, also within Deslandres, is the larger crater Lexell, and about 9° to the south lies the prominent Tycho crater.[2] The crater received its name in 1935 after the Hungarian astronomer and ordained Jesuit priest Maximilian Hell.[3] It has 19 satellite craters with diameters ranging between about 3 and 22 km. Nearly all Hell craters are relatively flat and shallow, with a sharp, well-defined rim and a typical diameter-to-depth ratio of about 10.

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