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Bosch (crater)

Coordinates: 86°49′N 133°36′E / 86.82°N 133.6°E / 86.82; 133.6
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Bosch
Coordinates86°49′N 133°36′E / 86.82°N 133.6°E / 86.82; 133.6
Diameter18.6 km
DepthUnknown
Colongitude190° at sunrise
EponymCarl Bosch

Bosch is a small lunar impact crater near the North Pole of the Moon.[1] It is located just to the northeast of the Rozhdestvenskiy crater.

This crater was previously unnamed until it was given a name by the IAU along with 18 other craters on January 22, 2009.[2] It was named after German chemist and Nobel Prize winner Carl Bosch (c. 1874 – c. 1940).

References

  1. ^ Li, Shuai; Lucey, Paul G.; Milliken, Ralph E.; Hayne, Paul O.; Fisher, Elizabeth; Williams, Jean-Pierre; Hurley, Dana M.; Elphic, Richard C. (2018-09-04). "Direct evidence of surface exposed water ice in the lunar polar regions". Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 115 (36): 8907–8912. Bibcode:2018PNAS..115.8907L. doi:10.1073/pnas.1802345115. ISSN 0027-8424. PMC 6130389. PMID 30126996.
  2. ^ "Planetary Names". planetarynames.wr.usgs.gov. Retrieved 2022-09-09.