Lavoisier is a
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impact crater that is located near the northwestern limb of the
Moon, at the western edge of the
Oceanus Procellarum. It is named after the French chemist
Antoine Lavoisier. It is located to the southwest of the crater
von Braun and southeast of
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. Due south of Lavoisier is the disintegrated crater
Ulugh Beigh.
This is a worn crater formation with several small craters attached to the exterior of the rim. Lavoisier F is a distorted crater that shares a common rim along the southeastern side of Lavoisier. The southern rim is extended outward, and is overlaid by the small crater Lavoisier W. Lavoisier S is a worn crater that is attached to the northwestern rim. There are also a pair of small craters along the outer eastern rim. A small crater has incised a short section along the northern rim.
The interior of this floor-fractured crater is notable for the curving ridge that parallels the northwestern inner wall. The remainder of this circular form can be traced out across the interior by an intermittent pattern of lower-
albedo surface that is concentric with the inner wall. There are also several
rilles marking the interior surface, particularly along the outer edges. In the northern center of the floor is a triplet of small craterlets. Several other tiny craters mark the interior surface.
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 Lavoisier.
The following craters have been renamed by the
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* Lavoisier D — ''See''
von Braun (crater)
von Braun, named after the rocket pioneer Wernher von Braun, is a lunar impact crater located near the northwestern limb of the Moon. It lies along the western edge of the Oceanus Procellarum, to the northeast of the crater Lavoisier. The northe ...
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File:Lavoisier A crater 4183 h2.jpg, Lavoisier A, east of Lavoisier
File:Lavoisier B and E craters 4189 h2.jpg, Lavoisier B (smaller) and E (larger) craters, north of Lavoisier
File:Lavoisier C and T craters 4183 h1 h2.jpg, Lavoisier C (larger) and T (smaller) east of Lavoisier
File:Lavoisier H crater 4183 h2.jpg, Lavoisier H, east of Lavoisier
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Lavoisier CraterLavoisier PyroclasticsLunar Orbiter Image and Clementine Color-ratio Imagefrom USGS Astrogeology Science Center
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Impact craters on the Moon