Oresme U (Moon)

Satellite Feature of Oresme

Named after Oresme, Nicole - French mathematician (1323(?)-1382).

Oresme is a crater. It lies just to the west-northwest of the larger Von Kármán. To the southwest 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. (wikipedia entry)