08. RÜMKER

Prominent on the map the dark expanse of Oceanus Procellarum, the Ocean of Storms. At the right side of the chart the large, elevated mound, comprising of separate domes, of Rümker is visible. The ocean of storms does not reach the edge of the visible part of the Moon, near the edge the highland starts.

ASTON - Francis William Aston. (Harborne, England, 1877 - Cambridge, 1945) English Physicist. Discoverer of 212 isotopes. Winner of the Nobel prize for chemistry in 1922.

Crater. (44 Km, 26 Mi Ø ) (32.9° N, 87.7° W) Situated in the zone of librations. Eroded formation. High walls. Flat floor.

BUNSEN - Robert Wilhelm Eberhard Bunsen. (Göttingen, Germany, 1811 - Heidelberg, Germany, 1899) German Physicist and chemist. Inventor of an electrical battery and many machines and tools used in Laboratories. Inventor of spectral analysis.

Crater. (54 Km /32 Mi Ø ) (41.4° N, 85.3° W) Situated in the zone of librations. Circular formation. Few steep slopes. Few high walls wrecked to the South. Flat floor. 

DECHEN - Ernst Heinrich Karl von Dechen. (1800 - 1889) German Geologist

Crater. (12 Km /7 Mi Ø ) (46.1° N, 68.2° W) Circular with bowl shaped formation. Steep slopes. High walls. Round floor.

GERARD - Alexander Gerard. (1792 - 1839) English Explorer. Known for his exploration of the Himalaya and Tibet.

Crater. (94 Km /55 Mi Ø ) (Dept: 2,200m /6,700ft) (44.5° N, 80.0° W) Eroded formation situated in the zone of librations. Steep slopes. High walls eroded away to the North-West. Flat floor. Lines of crests and craterlets.

HARDING - Karl Ludwig Harding. (Lauenburg, Germany, 1765 - Göttingen, Germany, 1834) Discoverer of the asteroid Juno in 1803. Director of the observatory of Göttingen.

Crater. (24 Km /14 Mi Ø ) (43.5° N, 71.7° W) Circular bowl shaped formation with steep slopes and high walls and a rounded floor.

HUMASON - Milton Lasell Humason. (Dodge Centre, USA, 1891 - 1972) American Astronomer. Specialist in astrophotography and spectroscopy. Collaborated with Hubble in 1928.

Crater. (3 Km /2 Mi Ø ) (30.7° N, 56.6° W) Circular bowl shaped formation with steep slopes, high walls and a rounded floor. The crater was formally known as "Lichtenberg G".

LAVOISIER - Antoine-Laurent de Lavoisier. (Paris, France, 1743 - Paris, France, 1794) French Chemist. Member of the French Academy of Sciences in 1768. Discoverer of the Principle of mass conservation. First to analyze Air.

Crater. (71 Km /42 Mi Ø ) (Dept: 2,000 m /6,100 ft) (38.2° N, 81.2° W) Deformed formation situated in the zone of librations. Steep slopes supporting Lavoisier H to the East and Lavoisier W and F to the South. High walls, flat floor, central mountain, craterlets (three of significance).

LICHTENBERG - Georg Christoph Lichtenberg (Oberramstadt, Germany, 1742 - Göttingen, 1799) German physicist and specialist in static electricity. Writer and art critic.

Crater. (20 Km /12 Mi Ø ) (Dept: 1,200 m /3,600 ft) (31.8° N, 67.7° W) Circular bowl shaped formation with Rays to the West and steep slopes, high walls, and a rounded floor.

NAUMANN - Georg Amadeus Carl Friedrich Naumann. (Dresden, Germany, 1797 - Dresden, 1873) German Geologist. Inventor of the symbols used for the classification of different crystals shapes.

Crater. (10 Km /6 Mi Ø ) (35.4° N, 62.0° W) Circular bowl shaped formation with steep slopes, bright and high walls nd a round floor.

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