Boethius_(lunar_crater)

Boethius (lunar crater)

Boethius (lunar crater)

Crater on the Moon


Boethius is a small lunar impact crater located on the east edge of Mare Undarum near the eastern lunar limb. To the southwest is the dark, lava-flooded crater Dubyago.

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Boethius is circular and cup-shaped, with inner walls sloping down to the tiny central floor. It has a higher albedo than the surrounding terrain, and is not overlain by other impact craters of note. It was named after the Roman philosopher Boethius.[1] Before 1976, it was identified as Dubyago U.


References

  1. "Boethius (lunar crater)". Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature. USGS Astrogeology Research Program.

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