Named after Maximilian Hell - Hungarian astronomer (1720-1792).
Hell is a lunar crater in the south 's near side, within the western half of the enormous walled plain Deslandres. To the southeast, also within Deslandres, is the larger crater Lexell, and about 9° to the south lies the prominent Tycho crater. The crater received its name in 1935 after the Hungarian astronomer and ordained Jesuit priest Maximilian Hell. It has 19 satellite craters with diameters ranging. (wikipedia entry)
