Boethius (lunar crater)

Boethius
	Apollo 15 image
Coordinates	5.6°N 72.3°E
Diameter	10 km
Depth	Unknown
Colongitude	288° at sunrise
Eponym	Boethius

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.

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 Boethius, the Roman philosopher.[1] Before 1976 it was identified as Dubyago U.

References

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

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External links

LTO-63D1 Boethius — L&PI topographic map

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