Opelt (crater)

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Opelt is an impact crater in the southwest of the moon in front of the north of the plane of the Mare Nubium, northeast of the crater Bullialdus and north of Gould.

The crater is almost completely flooded by lavas of Mare and only a remnant of the crater rim is visible.

The crater was officially named by the IAU in 1935 by the German astronomer Friedrich Wilhelm Opelt. In November 2012 according to the original appointment of Johann Friedrich Julius Schmidt 's son Otto Moritz Opelt ( 1829-1912 ) was added.