Boss (moon crater)
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position | 45.72 ° N , 88.49 ° O | |
diameter | 46 km | |
depth | 3660 m | |
Card sheet | 29 (PDF) | |
Named after | Lewis Boss (1846-1912). | |
Named since | 1964 | |
Unless otherwise stated, the information comes from the entry in the IAU / USGS database |
Boss is an impact crater on the northeastern edge of the moon's front . It is north of the Riemann crater and east of Zeno .
Letter | position | diameter | link |
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A. | 52.22 ° N , 80.02 ° O | 29 km | [1] |
B. | 52.02 ° N , 78.05 ° O | 16 km | [2] |
C. | 52.26 ° N , 76.57 ° O | 23 km | [3] |
D. | 44.35 ° N , 87.51 ° O | 16 km | [4] |
F. | 54.17 ° N , 88.61 ° O | 33 km | [5] |
K | 49.52 ° N , 81.09 ° O | 20 km | [6] |
L. | 50.83 ° N , 82.4 ° E | 41 km | [7] |
M. | 51.9 ° N , 83.77 ° E | 14 km | [8th] |
N | 52.03 ° N , 85.73 ° O | 15 km | [9] |
The crater was officially named by the IAU in 1964 after the American astronomer Lewis Boss .
Web links
Individual evidence
- ^ John E. Westfall: Atlas of the Lunar Terminator. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge et al. 2000, ISBN 0-521-59002-7 .