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Schröter is a lunar crater near the mid-part of the Moon, on the eastern Mare Insularum, and named after German astronomer Johann Hieronymus Schröter. It lies to the north of the craters Sömmering and Mösting. To the southeast of the crater rim is a rille named the Rima Schröter. This cleft begins at a small crater in the mare, then follows a line to the south-southeast.
The rim of Schröter is heavily worn and eroded, with a wide gap in the southern wall and a deep indentation to the southeast. There is no central peak at the crater's midpoint. A widely spaced row of tiny craters forms a line westwards from the north rim of Schröter.
Professor W. H. Pickering produced drawings of this crater displaying eruptions of steam that he believed he witnessed. This transient lunar phenomenon was not confirmed by other observers.
To the north of Schröter, beginning with the satellite crater Schröter W, is a region of irregular terrain. This area includes an array of linear dark surface markings that appear to criss-cross. In the 19th century, Franz von Gruithuisen is noted for claiming that this area contained a lunar city (which he called Wallwerk), based on his observations using a small refracting telescope. This inference was greeted with considerable skepticism by astronomers at the time, and, indeed, subsequent observations with more powerful instruments demonstrated that this was merely a natural feature.
About 100 km to the west-northwest of Schröter is the landing site of Surveyor 2.
Schröter or Schroeter is a surname of German origin. It may refer to:
People- Adam Schröter , Silesian humanist, poet, and alchemist
- Albrecht Schröter (born 1955), German politician
- Carl Joseph Schröter (18551939), Swiss botanist
- Charles Schroeter (Medal of Honor) (18371921), U.S. soldier
- Corona Schröter (17511802), German actress and singer
- Erich Schröter (190442), German Wehrmacht officer who fought in World War II
- Eva Bulling-Schröter (born 1956), German politician
- Felix Schröter (born 1996), German footballer
- Günter Schröter (19272016), German footballer and coach
- Harm G. Schroeter (active from 1981), Norwegian academic in economic history
- Heide Schröter (active 1967), West German slalom canoeist
- Heinrich Schröter (182992), German mathematician
- Horst von Schroeter (19192006), German U-boat commander in World War II
- Jens Fredrik Schroeter (18571927), Norwegian astronomer
- Johann Hieronymus Schröter (17451816), German astronomer
- Johann Samuel Schröter (17351808), German Protestant theologian and conchologist
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(175388) (also spelled Schröter), German composer and pianist
- Joseph Schröter (183794), German mycologist
- Karl-Ernst Schroeter (191243), German naval officer who fought in World War II
- Karl-Heinz Schröter (born 1954), German politician
- Leonhardt Schröter , German choirmaster, teacher and composer
- Martina Schröter (born 1960), German rower who competed in the 1980 and 1988 Summer Olympic Games
- Rebecca Schroeter (17511826), amateur musician, wife of the composer Johann Samuel Schroeter, friend of Josef Haydn
- Reginald Schroeter (19212002), Canadian ice hockey player who competed in the 1948 Winter Olympic Games
- Silvio Schröter (born 1979), German football player
- Susanne Schröter (born 1957), German contemporary social anthropologist
- Tobias Schröter (born 1964), East German pair skater
- Victor Schröter (18391901), Russian architect
- Werner Schroeter (19452010), German film director
- Wilhelm Schröter (born 1960), Brazilian composer and pianist
- Schröter (lunar crater), named after Johann Hieronymus Schröter
- Schroeter (Martian crater)