Hainzel (crater) explained

Coordinates:-41.3°N -33.5°W
Diameter:70 km
Depth:3.0 km
Colong:34
Eponym:Paul Hainzel

Hainzel is the southern member of a trio of overlapping lunar impact craters. The composite rim is located at the west edge of Lacus Timoris in the southwest sector of the Moon. The heavily worn crater Mee is attached to the southwest wall; its rim forms a ridge running from the south of the Hainzel formation.

Hainzel forms the south portion of the grouping, and is overlain by Hainzel C to the northeast, and then by Hainzel A in the north. Hainzel A is the most intact and also the youngest of the cluster. The wall between Hainzel and Hainzel C is the most intact of the interior rims, forming a promontory from the southeast wall. Both Hainzel A and C have central peaks.

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 Hainzel.

HainzelLatitudeLongitudeDiameter
A40.3° S33.9° W53 km
B38.0° S33.4° W15 km
C41.1° S32.8° W38 km
G37.5° S33.0° W5 km
H37.0° S33.1° W11 km
J37.8° S37.8° W13 km
K37.5° S32.3° W14 km
L38.1° S34.9° W16 km
N42.6° S40.2° W24 km
O38.6° S38.6° W14 km
R38.7° S36.4° W19 km
S41.1° S37.7° W8 km
T40.2° S37.2° W8 km
V41.3° S38.7° W20 km
W40.6° S38.7° W31 km
X36.7° S36.8° W5 km
Y40.8° S39.9° W22 km
Z37.7° S35.4° W5 km

References

. Patrick Moore . 2001 . On the Moon . . 978-0-304-35469-6 .

. Antonín Rükl . 1990 . Atlas of the Moon . . 978-0-913135-17-4 .

. Thomas William Webb . 1962 . Celestial Objects for Common Telescopes . 6th revised . Dover . 978-0-486-20917-3 .

. Ewen Whitaker . 1999 . Mapping and Naming the Moon . Cambridge University Press . 978-0-521-62248-6 .