Lamé (moon crater)

Lame
Lamé (bottom center) and surroundings ( LROC -WAC)
position	14.69 °  S , 64.48 °  O coordinates: 14 ° 41 '24 "  S , 64 ° 28' 48"  O
diameter	84 km
depth	3590 m
Card sheet	80 (PDF)
Named after	Gabriel Lamé (1795-1870)
Named since	1964
Unless otherwise stated, the information comes from the entry in the IAU / USGS database

Lamé is an impact crater on the front of the moon on the eastern edge of Mare Fecunditatis , southeast of Langrenus crater and east of Vendelinus . The crater has been severely eroded and the wall has been covered by other impacts several times.

List of Lamé minor craters

Letter	position	diameter	link
E.	13.98 °  S , 66.69 °  O	13 km	[1]
F.	13.86 °  S , 66.44 °  O	11 km	[2]
G	15.45 °  S , 65.48 °  O	26 km	[3]
H	15.92 °  S , 68.27 °  O	13 km	[4]
J	14.39 °  S , 65.76 °  E	19 km	[5]
K	13.35 °  S , 64.09 °  O	10 km	[6]
L.	14.43 °  S , 68.66 °  O	8 kilometers	[7]
M.	15.83 °  S , 66.53 °  O	14 km	[8th]
N	12.88 °  S , 67.12 °  O	11 km	[9]
T	12.49 °  S , 66.53 °  O	12 km	[10]
W.	13.1 °  S , 65.89 °  E	7 km	[11]
Z	15.86 °  S , 65.74 °  O	18 km	[12]

The crater was officially named by the IAU in 1964 after the French mathematician Gabriel Lamé .

Web links

• Lamé in the Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature of the IAU (WGPSN) / USGS
• Lamé on The-Moon Wiki

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Ernest H. Cherrington: Exploring the Moon Through Binoculars and Small Telescopes. Dover Publications, New York NY 1969 (also: ibid. 1984, ISBN 0-486-24491-1 ).