Oresme is a
crater on the
Moon's
far side. It lies just to the west-northwest of the larger
Von Kármán. To the southwest of Oresme is
Chrétien, and to the northwest is the
Mare Ingenii. This crater was believed to have formed during the
Nectarian epoch, about 4 billion years ago.
This crater has a considerably damaged outer rim that forms an uneven, irregular ring about the interior floor. By contrast, the floor of Oresme is a relatively level, featureless surface that is marked only by a few tiny craters and low topological features. The rim is cut across along the southeast by the satellite crater Oresme K, and a smaller crater lies along the northern rim.
Prior to formal naming in 1970 by the
IAU,[1] the crater was known as Crater 430.[2]
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 Oresme.
Oresme
Latitude
Longitude
Diameter
K
43.9° S
170.0° E
24 km
Q
44.0° S
167.2° E
23 km
U
41.6° S
164.8° E
84 km
V
40.5° S
165.6° E
51 km
References
^Oresme, Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature, International Astronomical Union (IAU) Working Group for Planetary System Nomenclature (WGPSN)
Menzel, D. H.; Minnaert, M.; Levin, B.; Dollfus, A.; Bell, B. (1971). "Report on Lunar Nomenclature by the Working Group of Commission 17 of the IAU". Space Science Reviews. 12 (2): 136–186.
Bibcode:
1971SSRv...12..136M.
doi:
10.1007/BF00171763.
S2CID122125855.