Mons Gruithuisen Delta is a mountain of the surface of the Moon. It is located north of Gruithuisen crater, east of

Mons Gruithuisen Gamma Mons Gruithuisen Gamma (γ) is a lunar dome that lies to the north of the crater Gruithuisen at the western edge of the Mare Imbrium. This massif is shaped as a rounded dome in the surface, occupying a diameter of 20 km and climbing gen ...

. It has an altitude of about 1800 meters and a diameter of about 27 kilometers. The name, given in 1935, was named after

Franz von Paula Gruithuisen Franz von Paula (Franciscus de Paula) Gruithuisen (19 March 1774 – 21 June 1852) was a Bavarian physician and astronomer. He taught medical students before becoming a professor of astronomy at the University of Munich in 1826. During his peri ...

, a German astronomer. The mountain has an extremely low bulk density of 2150 kg/m³.The Bulk Density of the Small Lunar Volcanos Gruithuisen Delta and Hansteen Alpha: Implications for Volcano Composition and Petrogenesis
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Gruithuisen Delta Volcanoes on the Moon {{Mountains on the Moon

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