C. Herschel (crater)

C. Herschel
Lunar Orbiter 4 image
Coordinates34°30′N 31°12′W / 34.5°N 31.2°W / 34.5; -31.2
Diameter13.4 km
Depth1.9 km
Colongitude31° at sunrise
EponymCaroline Herschel
C. Herschel (upper left) cuts across the wrinkle ridge Dorsum Heim in this oblique view from Apollo 17

C. Herschel is a small lunar impact crater that lies on the western part of Mare Imbrium. It is named after German astronomer Caroline Herschel.[1] It is a circular, bowl-shaped formation that has not undergone significant erosion. The interior floor has the same low albedo as the surrounding lunar mare. To the south-southwest is the similar crater Heis. C. Herschel lies on a wrinkle ridge of the lunar mare named the Dorsum Heim.

  1. ^ "C. Herschel (crater)". Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature. USGS Astrogeology Research Program.