Boss (moon crater)

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Boss (Moon North Pole Region)
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position 45.72 °  N , 88.49 °  O coordinates: 45 ° 43 '12 "  N , 88 ° 29' 24"  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

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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 .

List of side craters from Boss
Letter position diameter link
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

  • Boss in the Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature of the IAU (WGPSN) / USGS

Individual evidence

  1. ^ John E. Westfall: Atlas of the Lunar Terminator. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge et al. 2000, ISBN 0-521-59002-7 .