Lade is the remains of a

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that has been flooded by

lava Lava is molten or partially molten rock (magma) that has been expelled from the interior of a terrestrial planet (such as Earth) or a moon onto its surface. Lava may be erupted at a volcano or through a fracture in the crust, on land or un ...

. Its diameter is 58 km. It was named after German astronomer

Heinrich Eduard von Lade Heinrich Eduard von Lade (24 February 1817 – 7 August 1904) was a German banker and amateur astronomer. He was born in Geisenheim, located along the banks of the Rhine river, the son of a wine merchant. He worked as a banker and exporter in ...

. To the north is the crater Godin and to the south-southwest is the worn, lava-flooded Saunder. The southern rim of Lade has been completely covered or destroyed, and there are gaps in the relatively thin southeast rim. The surviving crater wall is worn and somewhat

hexagon In geometry, a hexagon (from Greek , , meaning "six", and , , meaning "corner, angle") is a six-sided polygon. The total of the internal angles of any simple (non-self-intersecting) hexagon is 720°. Regular hexagon A '' regular hexagon'' has ...

al in outline. There is a smaller bowl-shaped crater attached to the interior of the western rim. To the north the crater designated Lade B has been completely filled with lava.

Satellite craters

By convention these features are identified on lunar maps by placing the letter on the side of the crater midpoint that is closest to Lade. LadeCraterSAT

References

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External links

Lade at The Moon Wiki
* * {{cite web, last = Wood , first = Chuck , date = December 16, 2014 , url = http://lpod.wikispaces.com/December+16%2C+2014 , title = A Bedtime Story (repeat of 2009) , publisher = Lunar Photo of the Day Impact craters on the Moon