Rümker

[ ruhm-ker ]

noun

1. a crater in the second quadrant of the face of the moon: about 25 miles (40 km) in diameter.

Example Sentences

On 1 December 2020, China’s Chang’e-5 spacecraft touched down near Mons Rümker, an inactive volcano that sits within the Oceanus Procellarum, a vast “sea,” or mare, of dark, hardened lava called basalt.

From Science Magazine

The country’s Chang’e-5 spacecraft gathered as much as 4.4 pounds of lunar samples from a volcanic plain known as Mons Rümker in a three-week operation that underlined China’s growing prowess and ambition in space.

From New York Times

Looking at the mineralogy of the rocks and soils near Mons Rümker could help reveal why the region has an unusual and unexplained concentration of certain elements—potassium, rare earth elements, and phosphorus—and a strong radioactive anomaly driven by the elements thorium and uranium.

From National Geographic

The spacecraft will then release a lander that will touch down near a volcanic mound called Mons Rümker in the northwest region of the lunar near side.

From National Geographic

They come from a part of the moon known as the Oceanus Procellarum, or Ocean of Storms, near a site called the Mons Rumker that was believed to have been volcanic in ancient times.

From Seattle Times