Müller is a
lunarimpact crater. It was named after Austrian astronomer
Karl Müller.[1] It is located in the highlands near the center of the Moon, in the center of the triangle formed by the much larger craters
Albategnius,
Ptolemaeus, and
Hipparchus. To the east lies
Halley, while to the northwest is
Gyldén.
The rim of this crater is irregular and slightly oblong, with the long dimension oriented along a north–south axis. The southeastern rim is notched by two smaller craters identified as Müller A and Müller O.
Perhaps the most distinctive feature of this crater is the peculiar linear formation of small craters that starts at the southern edge of Müller's rim. These follow a line to the northwest, tangential to the rim of Ptolemaeus.
Müller crater and its satellite craters taken from Earth in 2012 at the University of Hertfordshire's
Bayfordbury Observatory with the telescopes Meade LX200 14" and Lumenera Skynyx 2-1
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 Müller.
Müller
Latitude
Longitude
Diameter
A
8.2° S
2.1° E
10 km
F
7.8° S
1.5° E
6 km
O
7.9° S
2.4° E
11 km
References
^"Müller (lunar crater)". Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature. USGS Astrogeology Research Program.
Andersson, L. E.;
Whitaker, E. A. (1982). NASA Catalogue of Lunar Nomenclature. NASA RP-1097.
Menzel, D. H.; Minnaert, M.; Levin, B.; Dollfus, A.; Bell, B. (1971). "Report on Lunar Nomenclature by the Working Group of Commission 17 of the IAU". Space Science Reviews. 12 (2): 136–186.
Bibcode:
1971SSRv...12..136M.
doi:
10.1007/BF00171763.
S2CID122125855.