Lamé (crater)

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Crater characteristics
Coordinates	14.7° N, 64.5° E
Diameter	84 km
Depth	3.3 km
Colongitude	296° at sunrise
Eponym	Gabriel Lamé

Lamé is a lunar impact crater located astride the northeast rim of Langrenus crater, to the east of Mare Fecunditatis. The eastern crater rim appears overlaid by a series of overlapping craters that form an intermittent chain flowing nearly a hundred kilometers to the south. The crater rim protrudes only slightly above the surrounding terrain, but it has a significant rampart where the rim lies within Vendelinus crater. In the middle of the floor is a slight ridge, forming a central peak.

On some older maps this crater was called 'Smith'. It was previously designated 'Vendelinus C' before being renamed by the IAU.

[edit] Satellite craters

By convention these features are identified on lunar maps by placing the letter on the side of the crater mid-point that is closest to Lamé crater.

Lamé	Latitude	Longitude	Diameter
E	13.9° S	66.8° E	11 km
F	13.9° S	66.4° E	18 km
G	15.4° S	65.5° E	26 km
H	15.8° S	68.2° E	12 km
J	14.3° S	65.7° E	18 km
K	13.3° S	64.2° E	8 km
L	14.4° S	68.6° E	6 km
M	15.8° S	66.5° E	13 km
N	12.8° S	67.1° E	9 km
T	12.5° S	66.5° E	11 km
W	13.1° S	65.9° E	6 km
Z	15.9° S	65.9° E	17 km