What is "franz"

Franz is a small lunar crater identified during the Apollo mission in August 1971 and located along the eastern edge of the Sinus Amoris, a bay that forms a northern extension to the Mare Tranquillitatis. It lies to the southwest of the prominent crater Macrobius. To the north is the smaller Carmichael, and to the northwest is the diminutive Theophrastus.

The rim of this crater has been eroded due to subsequent impacts, although it retains a generally circular form. The interior has been flooded, leaving only a narrow inner wall and a low surviving rim. This floor has the same albedo as the surrounding terrain, and is not as dark as the lunar mare surface to the north and west. Attached to the exterior of the eastern rim is Proclus E, a merged double-crater formation. Proclus lies to the east across the Palus Somni, or Marsh of Sleep.

Franz may refer to:

Franz is a 1971 Belgian-French film directed by Jacques Brel.

Franz is a German name and cognate of "Francis". Notable people named Franz include:

Franz is a surname of German origin. Notable persons with this name include:

• Arthur Franz (1920–2006), American actor
• Dennis Franz (born 1944), American actor noted for NYPD Blue
• Eduard Franz (1902–1983), American actor
• Elizabeth Franz (born 1941), American actress
• Ellen Franz (1839–1923), German pianist and actress
• Friedrich Franz (1783-1860), Moravian physicist and mathematician
• Frederick William Franz (1893–1992), past president of the Jehovah's Witnesses
• Horst Franz (born 1940), German football manager
• John E. Franz (born 1929), American organic chemist
• Johnny Franz (1922–1977), UK record producer
• Kurt Franz (1914–1998), Nazi SS commandant of Treblinka extermination camp
• Ludwig Franz (1922-1990), German politician
• Marie-Louise von Franz (1915-1998), Swiss Jungian psychologist and scholar
• Maik Franz (born 1981), German footballer
• Mike Frantz (born 1986), German footballer
• Nolan Franz, American football player
• Raymond Franz (1922–2010), former Jehovah's Witness
• Robert Franz (1815–1892), German composer
• Rod Franz (1925–1999), American football player
• Ron Franz (born 1945), American professional basketball player
• Walter Franz (1911–1992), German theoretical physicist
• Wilhelm Franz (1913–1971), German audio engineer
• Wolfgang Franz (born 1944), German economist