What is "hoffmeister"

Hoffmeister is a lunar impact crater that is located on the Moon's far side, to the northwest of the huge walled plain Mendeleev. Some distance to the north of Hoffmeister lies the crater Siedentopf, and to the west-northwest is Gavrilov.

This is a somewhat eroded crater with Hoffmeister N attached to the southern rim. A small crater with a high albedo lies along the common rim between Hoffmeister and this satellite. A small crater also lies along the northwestern rim of Hoffmeister. The interior floor of Hoffmeister is relatively featureless.

Hoffmeister is a German surname. Notable people with the surname include:

• Bert Hoffmeister (1907–1999), Canadian Army officer, businessman, and conservationist
• Cuno Hoffmeister (1892–1968), German astronomer and geophysicist, founder of Sonneberg Observatory
• Edmund Hoffmeister (1893–1951), German, Army officer, Generalleutnant
• Frank Hoffmeister (born 1965), German backstroke swimmer
• Franz Hoffmeister (1898–1943), Roman Catholic priest
• Franz Anton Hoffmeister (1754–1812), German composer and music publisher
• Freya Hoffmeister (born 1964), German expeditioner and sea-kayaker
• Gunhild Hoffmeister (born 1944), East German-German female middle distance runner
• Jesse Hoffmeister (1872–1933), Major League Baseball player