Lexell (crater)
# Lexell (crater)

Lexell is a lunar impact crater that lies across the southeastern rim of the huge walled plain Deslandres, in the southern part of the Moon. It was named after Swedish-Russian mathematician and astronomer Anders Johan Lexell. To the northeast is the walled plain Walther, and to the south is Orontius, another walled plain.

This is a somewhat irregular formation with a wide break in the northern rim. The western rim forms a low, arcing wall, and is overlain to the southwest by Lexell H after passing the rim of Deslandres. The rim peaks along the southeast, then comes to an end at a rugged promontory-like ridge. The interior floor has been resurfaced by lava to the northwest and in sections of the remainder of the floor. There are some low rises and ghost-crater rims in the southeast half part of the interior floor.

## 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 Lexell.

| Lexell | Latitude | Longitude | Diameter |
| - | - | - | - |
| A | 36.9° S | 1.4° W | 34 km |
| B | 37.3° S | 3.4° W | 23 km |
| D | 36.1° S | 0.7° W | 20 km |
| E | 37.2° S | 0.4° W | 16 km |
| F | 36.5° S | 5.4° W | 8 km |
| G | 37.2° S | 4.9° W | 10 km |
| H | 36.5° S | 4.9° W | 10 km |
| K | 35.9° S | 6.4° W | 10 km |
| L | 36.0° S | 6.0° W | 8 km |
