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Kirchhoff (crater)

Kirchhoff is a small lunar impact crater that is located in the northern part of the Montes Taurus range. It lies to the west of the crater Newcomb, and southeast of the crater pair of Hall and G. Bond.

This is a circular, bowl-shaped feature that lies in the midst of rugged lunar terrain. The satellite crater Kirchhoff C adjoins the eastern rim. There is a low rise at the midpoint of the interior floor.

Kirchhoff

Kirchhoff, Kirchoff or Kirchhoffer is a German surname. Notable people with the surname include:

  • Adolf Kirchhoff (1826–1908), German classical scholar and epigrapher
  • Alfred Kirchhoff (1838–1907), German geographer and naturalist
  • Alphonse Kirchhoffer (1873–1913), French Olympic fencer
  • Charles William Henry Kirchhoff (1853-1916), American editor and metals expert
  • Detlef Kirchhoff (1967–), German rower
  • Fritz Kirchhoff (1901–1953), German screenwriter, film producer and director
  • Gustav Kirchhoff (1824–1887), German physicist, the discoverer of "Kirchhoff's laws"
  • Gottlieb Kirchhoff (1764–1833), Russian chemist
  • Jan Kirchhoff (1990–), German footballer, currently playing for Sunderland FC
  • Mary Kirchoff (born 1959), American fantasy novelist
  • Paul Kirchhoff (1900–1972), German anthropologist and ethnologist of pre-Columbian Mesoamerican cultures
  • Robert Kirchhoff (born 1962), Slovak film director
  • Ulrich Kirchhoff (1967–), German show jumping champion