The Crater Kamerlingh Onnes

Feature Profile & Selenographic Data

Feature type

crater

Coordinates

14.72° N · 116.29° W

Diameter

70.03 km

IAU approval

1970/01/01 00:00:00

LAC quadrangle

LAC-71 · Michelson

Geological Chronicle

Kamerlingh Onnes is a lunar impact crater on the far side of the Moon. The formation spans an official diameter of 70.03 kilometers.

It lies less than a crater diameter to the north-northwest of the crater Kolhörster. It is recorded in the IAU Gazetteer under quadrangle LAC-71.

Chronology & Exploration

1. IAU Name Adopted

   The International Astronomical Union officially approves the crater name.

Scientific Sources & References

• IAU Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature — Heike Kamerlingh Onnes; Dutch physicist; Nobel laureate (1853-1926).
• Wikipedia (en) — Kamerlingh Onnes (crater)

Name Origin

Heike Kamerlingh Onnes; Dutch physicist; Nobel laureate (1853-1926).