Bobone (crater)

Bobone
Oblique Lunar Orbiter 5 image
Coordinates26°54′N 131°48′W / 26.9°N 131.8°W / 26.9; -131.8
Diameter32.14 km (19.97 mi)[1]
DepthUnknown
Colongitude132° at sunrise
EponymJorge Bobone

Bobone is an old, heavily eroded crater formation that lies on the far side of the Moon.[2] Little remains of the original crater formation, leaving only a bowl-shaped depression in the surface that is pock-marked by tiny craterlets. It is attached to the southwest rim of the large satellite crater Kovalevskaya Q, which has its northeast rim overlaid by Kovalevskaya itself. To the west-southwest is Bronk.[3][4]

This crater is named after Argentine astronomer Jorge Bobone (1901–1958).[5] Its designation was formally adopted by the International Astronomical Union in 1970.[1]

References

  1. 1 2 "Bobone". Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature. USGS Astrogeology Research Program.
  2. ↑ "LAC 52" (PDF). Gazeteer of Planetary Nomenclature. Retrieved 2026-06-11.
  3. ↑ Bussey, B.; Spudis, P. (2004). The Clementine Atlas of the Moon. New York: Cambridge University Press. p. 52. ISBN 978-0-521-81528-4.
  4. ↑ Byrne, Charles J. (2008). The Far Side of the Moon. Springer. p. 143. ISBN 978-1-4899-8806-5.
  5. ↑ Menzel, D. H.; et al. (1971). "Report on Lunar Nomenclature by the Working Group of Commission 17 of the IAU". Space Science Reviews. 12 (2): 136–186. Bibcode:1971SSRv...12..136M. doi:10.1007/BF00171763. S2CID 122125855.

Sources

  • Price, Fred W. (1988). The Moon Observer's Handbook. Cambridge University Press. ISBN 978-0-521-33500-3.
  • Rükl, Antonín (1990). Atlas of the Moon. Kalmbach Books. ISBN 978-0-913135-17-4.
  • Wlasuk, Peter T. (2000). Observing the Moon. Springer. ISBN 978-1-85233-193-1.
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