Bergman is a small
lunar impact crater
An impact crater is a depression (geology), depression in the surface of a solid astronomical body formed by the hypervelocity impact event, impact of a smaller object. In contrast to volcanic craters, which result from explosion or internal c ...
that is located on the
far side of the
Moon
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. It was named after Swedish astronomer
Torbern O. Bergman.
It is located on the interior floor of the walled plain
Mendeleev, and is attached to the edge of the inner wall to the northwest. On the same walled basin are the craters
Moissan to the south and
Richards to the west. The rim of Bergman is roughly circular, and the formation is generally bowl-shaped. The western half of the interior floor is covered with a slope of
scree
Scree is a collection of broken rock fragments at the base of a cliff or other steep rocky mass that has accumulated through periodic rockfall. Landforms associated with these materials are often called talus deposits.
The term ''scree'' is ap ...
, leaving a small level floor on the eastern side.
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External links
LTO-66D2 Bergman— L&PI
topographic map
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Impact craters on the Moon
{{Craters on the Moon: A–B