Balmer (crater)
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Balmer is the lava-flooded remains of a lunar impact crater. Only the heavily worn southern and eastern sections of the crater still survive; the remainder being overlaid by a lava flow that joins to the nearby mare. Balmer lies to the east-southeast of the crater Vendelinus.
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Coordinates | 20.1°N 70.6°E / 20.1; 70.6 |
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Diameter | 112 km |
Depth | None |
Colongitude | 288° at sunrise |
Eponym | Johann J. Balmer |
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Balmer was considered a Constellation Region of Interest.[1] Light plains deposits overly mare basalt, as evidenced by multiple dark-halo craters.[2]