Helmholtz (lunar crater)
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This article is about the crater on the Moon. For the crater on Mars, see Helmholtz (Martian crater).
Helmholtz is a lunar impact crater, approximately 110 kilometers in diameter, that is located near the south-southeast limb of the Moon. Attached to the south-southeast rim of Helmholtz is the somewhat smaller crater Neumayer. The larger crater Boussingault is nearly attached to the west-southwestern rim. The crater is named after German physicist and physician Hermann von Helmholtz[1]
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Coordinates | 68.1°S 64.1°E / -68.1; 64.1 |
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Diameter | 110.16 km |
Colongitude | 300° at sunrise |
Eponym | Hermann von Helmholtz |
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