Boris (crater)

Boris
Boris and surroundings
Coordinates 30°32′N 33°30′W / 30.53°N 33.50°W / 30.53; -33.50Coordinates: 30°32′N 33°30′W / 30.53°N 33.50°W / 30.53; -33.50
Diameter 1.7 km
Depth Unknown
Colongitude 34° at sunrise
Eponym Boris (a common Russian masculine name)

Boris is a tiny lunar impact crater that is located on the Mare Imbrium, to the northeast of the crater Delisle. It lies near the southwest extremity of a sinuous rille that is designated Rima Delisle. This rille meanders to the northeast, towards the crater Heis, before vanishing into the lunar mare.

Northwest of the ridge is Rupes Boris, a small 6 km scarp. Also northwest of Boris is Gaston and almost northeast is Linda.

This is one of the smallest craters on the Moon to be officially given a name by the IAU.[1]

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Boris". Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature. USGS Astrogeology Research Program.
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