Lampland (lunar crater)
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Lampland is a crater
on the far side of the Moon
. It lies to the west-southwest of the crater Subbotin
, and to the north-northwest of Eötvös
. About four crater diameters to the north-northwest lies the prominent Tsiolkovskiy
.
This is a worn crater with a smaller crater intruding slightly into the west-southwestern rim. A smaller, cup-shaped impact crater Lampland A lies along the northeast inner wall and part of the floor. The interior of Lampland is marked by several small craterlets which are located mostly in the southern half. There is a slightly darker patch of terrain in the southeast part of the interior.
Impact crater
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on the far side of the Moon
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. It lies to the west-southwest of the crater Subbotin
Subbotin (crater)
Subbotin is a lunar crater that is located to the west of the larger crater Pavlov, and to the east-northeast of Lampland. Subbotin lies on the far side of the Moon, and can only be viewed from lunar orbit....
, and to the north-northwest of Eötvös
Eötvös (crater)
Eötvös is the remains of a lunar crater on the far side of the Moon. It lies to the north-northwest of the walled plain Roche, and east-southeast of the equally ruined Bolyai....
. About four crater diameters to the north-northwest lies the prominent Tsiolkovskiy
Tsiolkovskiy (crater)
Tsiolkovskiy is a large lunar impact crater that is located on the far side of the Moon. It lies in the southern hemisphere, to the west of the crater Gagarin, and northwest of Milne. Just to the south is Waterman, with Neujmin to the south-southwest. This feature was discovered on photographs sent...
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This is a worn crater with a smaller crater intruding slightly into the west-southwestern rim. A smaller, cup-shaped impact crater Lampland A lies along the northeast inner wall and part of the floor. The interior of Lampland is marked by several small craterlets which are located mostly in the southern half. There is a slightly darker patch of terrain in the southeast part of the interior.
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 Lampland.| Lampland | Latitude | Longitude | Diameter |
|---|---|---|---|
| A | 30.4° S | 131.2° E | 14 km |
| B | 29.5° S | 131.6° E | 12 km |
| K | 33.0° S | 132.5° E | 47 km |
| M | 33.5° S | 130.8° E | 38 km |
| Q | 32.5° S | 129.4° E | 12 km |
| R | 31.7° S | 129.2° E | 45 km |