De Lalande is a multiring

impact crater An impact crater is a circular depression in the surface of a solid astronomical object formed by the hypervelocity impact of a smaller object. In contrast to volcanic craters, which result from explosion or internal collapse, impact craters ...

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. It has a diameter of and wall width of . The crater has an outer rim but no peak and is in close proximity to the volcano

Gula Mons Gula Mons is a volcano in western Eistla Regio on Venus Venus is the second planet from the Sun. It is sometimes called Earth's "sister" or "twin" planet as it is almost as large and has a similar composition. As an interior planet to ...

Namesake

The de Lalande crater is named after the French astronomer

Marie-Jeanne de Lalande Marie-Jeanne-Amélie Le Francais de Lalande, born Marie-Jeanne Harlay (1768 – 8 November 1832), was a French astronomer and mathematician. Biography Lalande married her father's young cousin, also an astronomer, Michel Lefrançois de Lalande (1 ...

(1768-1832), illegitimate daughter of astronomer

Joseph Jerome de Lalande Joseph is a common male given name, derived from the Hebrew Yosef (יוֹסֵף). "Joseph" is used, along with "Josef", mostly in English, French and partially German languages. This spelling is also found as a variant in the languages of the mo ...

(1732-1807).

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