Störmer (crater)

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Crater characteristics
Coordinates 57.3° N, 146.3° E
Diameter 69 km
Depth Unknown
Colongitude 215° at sunrise
Eponym Carl Størmer

Störmer is a lunar impact crater that is located on the far side of the Moon from the Earth, named after Carl Størmer, a Norwegian mathematician and aurora researcher. It lies in the northern part of the lunar surface, to the southeast of Olivier crater and to the north of Van Rhijn.

This is a relatively young formation with features that have not received a significant amount of wear or erosion from subsequent impacts. The edge of the rim is sharply-defined, and the inner wall is terraced along the northwestern side. The interior floor is relatively level, with a double-peak formation at the mid-point.

Satellite crater 'Störmer P' is attached to the exterior of the rim of Störmer along the southwest side.

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By convention these features are identified on lunar maps by placing the letter on the side of the crater mid-point that is closest to Störmer crater.

Störmer Latitude Longitude Diameter
C 58.3° N 150.6° E 61 km
H 54.8° N 150.2° E 32 km
P 56.1° N 145.3° E 22 km
T 56.8° N 141.7° E 27 km
Y 60.3° N 144.8° E 26 km

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