Promontorium Kelvin is a headland on the near side of the

Moon The Moon is Earth's only natural satellite. It Orbit of the Moon, orbits around Earth at Lunar distance, an average distance of (; about 30 times Earth diameter, Earth's diameter). The Moon rotation, rotates, with a rotation period (lunar ...

. It is located in the southeast of the

Mare Humorum Mare Humorum (Latin ''hūmōrum'', the "Sea of Moisture" or "Sea of Humors") is a lunar mare. The impact basin it is located in is across. Geology It was not sampled by the Apollo program, so a precise age has not been determined. However, ...

. It is close to Rupes Kelvin. Its length is about 45 km. Its

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are .

History

The name "Promontorium Kelvin" was approved by the International Astronomical union in 1935, and was assigned the Named Lunar Formation reference number 6by Mary A. Blagg and K.Müller of Humphries and Co.Ltd. The headland got its name from

Lord Kelvin William Thomson, 1st Baron Kelvin (26 June 182417 December 1907), was a British mathematician, Mathematical physics, mathematical physicist and engineer. Born in Belfast, he was the Professor of Natural Philosophy (Glasgow), professor of Natur ...

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