Boss (moon crater)

boss
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

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 .