Boethius (lunar crater)
Crater on the Moon
Feature on the moon
5°36′N 72°18′E / 5.6°N 72.3°E / 5.6; 72.3Boethius 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 the Roman philosopher Boethius.[1] Before 1976, it was identified as Dubyago U.
References
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