Wichmann (crater)

Wichmann

Lunar Orbiter 4 image
Coordinates	7°30′S 38°06′W / 7.5°S 38.1°W / -7.5; -38.1
Diameter	10 km
Colongitude	38° at sunrise
Eponym	Moritz L. G. Wichmann

Wichmann is a bowl-shaped lunar impact crater. It was named after German astronomer Moritz L. G. Wichmann.^[1] It is located in the southern half of Oceanus Procellarum on a low plateau formed from a wrinkle ridge, Dorsa Ewing.

There is a small mountain chain to the north that curves away to the west that is designated Wichmann R; this is most likely the rim of a worn crater that was buried by the lava flow forming the mare. Additional low mountains lie to the south of the plateau on which Wichmann is situated.