Hell (crater)

Hell is a lunar crater in the south of the Moon's near side, within the western half of the enormous walled plain Deslandres.

[2] The crater received its name in 1935 after the Hungarian astronomer and ordained Jesuit priest Maximilian Hell.

Nearly all Hell craters are relatively flat and shallow, with a sharp, well-defined rim and a typical diameter-to-depth ratio of about 10.

[4][5] The sharp-edged rim is not significantly eroded, and has a narrow inner wall; it is 2–3 times higher on the north-west than on the east where it rises by about 820 meters.

Hell A, B and C – the largest satellites – have one irregularity in the rim for each crater, facing south-west, north-west and south, respectively.