Doppelmayer Y (Moon)

Satellite Feature of Doppelmayer

Named after Johann Gabriel Doppelmayer - German mathematician, astronomer (1671-1750).

Doppelmayer is the remains of a lunar crater that lies on the southwest edge of Mare Humorum. To the south-southeast is another flooded crater designated Lee, and to the southeast is Vitello. Just to the east-northeast lies the nearly submerged crater Puiseux. The rim is nearly round, but is worn and eroded. (wikipedia entry)