Geological Chronicle
Lavoisier is a worn lunar impact crater measuring 71.01 kilometers in diameter, situated near the Moon's northwestern limb at the western margins of Oceanus Procellarum. Named after French chemist Antoine Lavoisier, the formation lies southwest of von Braun, southeast of Bunsen, and directly north of the disintegrated crater Ulugh Beigh.
The crater rim shows substantial erosion and is bordered by several smaller structures. Lavoisier F shares a common rim along the southeastern side, while the southern margin extends outward and is overlaid by the small crater Lavoisier W. Another worn satellite feature, Lavoisier S, abuts the northwestern rim, with additional small craters indenting the eastern and northern walls.
The interior of Lavoisier is classified as a floor-fractured crater, distinguished by an arcuate ridge that parallels the northwestern inner wall. Traces of this circular outline extend across the floor as an intermittent ring of low-albedo material concentric with the perimeter, accompanied by a system of interior rilles near the edges and a central triplet of small craterlets in the northern floor.