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C. Herschel (crater)

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Diameter
  
13.4 km

Colongitude
  
31° at sunrise

Depth
  
1.9 km

Eponym
  
Caroline Herschel

C. Herschel (crater)

C. Herschel is a small lunar crater that lies on the western part of Mare Imbrium. 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. It is named after Caroline Herschel.

Satellite craters

By convention these features are identified on lunar maps by placing the letter on the side of the crater midpoint that is closest to C. Herschel.

References

C. Herschel (crater) Wikipedia