Elmer (crater)

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Crater characteristics
Coordinates 10.1° S, 84.1° E
Diameter 16 km
Depth Unknown
Colongitude   276° at sunrise
Eponym Charles W. Elmer

Elmer is a small lunar crater that is located to the south of Mare Smythii, near the eastern limb of the Moon. This crater is seen almost from the side from Earth, and the visibility is affected by libration. Elmer lies southwest of the Kreiken crater, and east-southeast of the larger Dale crater. This is a circular, bowl-shaped crater with an interior floor that occupies about half the total diameter.

Elmer is named for American entrepreneur Charles W. Elmer who co-founded the optical design and consulting company PerkinElmer with Richard Scott Perkin in 1937.

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