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Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature

Basic Info

Feature Name Lamèch
Clean Name Lamech
Feature ID 3262
Target Moon
Feature Type Crater, craters

Location


Coordinate System Planetographic, +East, -180 - 180
Northmost Latitude 42.97 °
Southmost Latitude 42.61 °
Eastmost Longitude 13.43 °
Westmost Longitude 12.87 °
Diameter 12.41 km
Center Latitude 42.79 °
Center Longitude 13.15 °
Northmost Latitude 42.95 °
Southmost Latitude 42.59 °
Eastmost Longitude 13.43 °
Westmost Longitude 12.85 °
Diameter 12.84 km
Center Latitude 42.76 °
Center Longitude 13.14 °
Northmost Latitude 42.70 °
Southmost Latitude 42.70 °
Eastmost Longitude 13.10 °
Westmost Longitude 13.10 °
Diameter 13.00 km
Center Latitude 42.70 °
Center Longitude 13.10 °
Quad LAC-26 [pdf]

Status and Origin

Approval Status Adopted by IAU
Approval Date 1935
Continent Europe
Culture France
Origin Felix Chemla; French selenographer (1894-1962).
Reference [66] - Named Lunar Formations, by Mary A. Blagg and K. Müller: Percy Lund, Humphries and Co. Ltd., London, 1935.
Updated Oct 18, 2010 12:00 PM

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