Hertzsprung (crater)#Satellite craters

By convention these features are identified on lunar maps by placing the letter on the side of the crater midpoint that is closest to Hertzsprung.

class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:center" ! Hertzsprung ! class="unsortable" | Coordinates ! Diameter, km

D |{{Coord|3.43|N|126.20|W|globe:moon|name=Hertzsprung D}} |48

H |{{Coord|1.26|S|125.15|W|globe:moon|name=Hertzsprung H}} |20

K |{{Coord|0.67|S|128.48|W|globe:moon|name=Hertzsprung K}} |27

L |{{Coord|0.22|N|128.70|W|globe:moon|name=Hertzsprung L}} |35

M |{{Coord|7.55|S|129.79|W|globe:moon|name=Hertzsprung M}} |36

P |{{Coord|0.14|S|130.24|W|globe:moon|name=Hertzsprung P}} |22

R |{{Coord|0.27|S|132.80|W|globe:moon|name=Hertzsprung R}} |30

S |{{Coord|0.45|N|133.40|W|globe:moon|name=Hertzsprung S}} |49

V |{{Coord|5.07|N|134.17|W|globe:moon|name=Hertzsprung V}} |40

X |{{Coord|3.68|N|130.08|W|globe:moon|name=Hertzsprung X}} |24

Y |{{Coord|8.77|N|131.99|W|globe:moon|name=Hertzsprung Y}} |25

File:New rocket body impact double crater on the Moon.png

In February 2022, after a mis-identification, it was announced that a Long March 3C third stage from the 2014 Chang'e 5 T1 mission, should have crashed in or near the crater on 4 March 2022, 12:25:58 UTC, at latitude +5.18, east longitude 233.55, plus or minus a few seconds and a few kilometers.{{Cite web |title=Pseudo-MPEC for 2014-065B = NORAD 40284 = Chang'e 5-T1 booster = lunar impactor on 2022 Mar 04 |url=https://projectpluto.com/temp/dscovr.htm |access-date=2022-03-04 |website=projectpluto.com}} Confirmation of the impact could be acquired through satellites like the LRO. The event showed how hard it is to track small objects in deep space. Manfred Memorial Moon Mission, a private moon probe developed by LuxSpace was attached to the third stage and also crashed with it.

In June 2022 NASA released a picture of the crater produced by the purported rocket body. Unusually it is a double lobed crater. Previous craters created by rocket bodies on the Moon have been large single craters. It was found near the Hertzsprung D crater at coordinates (5.226 degrees north, 234.486 degrees east, 1,863 meters elevation).{{Cite web |last=Garner |first=Rob |date=2022-06-23 |title=Rocket Impact Site on Moon Seen by NASA's Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter |url=http://www.nasa.gov/feature/goddard/2022/nasas-lunar-reconnaissance-orbiter-spots-rocket-impact-site-on-moon |access-date=2022-06-28 |website=NASA}}

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