Bosch (crater)

Bosch
Bosch is top center, with Rozhdestvenskiy U at bottom center
Coordinates86°49′N 133°36′E / 86.82°N 133.6°E / 86.82; 133.6
Diameter19.58 km (12.17 mi)[1]
Depth1.18 km (0.73 mi)[2]
Colongitude190° at sunrise
EponymCarl Bosch

Bosch is a small lunar impact crater near the North Pole on the far side of the Moon.[3] It is located to the northeast of the large Rozhdestvenskiy crater.[4] Bosch forms a doubly-shadowed cold trap with a temperature below 110 K, but it shows no evidence of accumulated water ice.[3][5]

This crater was previously unnamed until it was given a designation by the IAU along with 18 other craters on January 22, 2009. It was named after German chemist and Nobel Prize winner Carl Bosch (1874-1940).[1]

References

  1. 1 2 "Bosch". Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature. USGS Astrogeology Research Program.
  2. ↑ Joshi, Maitri P. (February 2017). "Physical properties of lunar craters". Research in Astronomy and Astrophysics. 17 (3). id. 24. Bibcode:2017RAA....17...24J. doi:10.1088/1674-4527/17/3/24.
  3. 1 2 Li, Shuai; Lucey, Paul G.; Milliken, Ralph E.; Hayne, Paul O.; Fisher, Elizabeth; Williams, Jean-Pierre; Hurley, Dana M.; Elphic, Richard C. (September 4, 2018). "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.
  4. ↑ "LAC 1" (PDF). Gazeteer of Planetary Nomenclature. Retrieved 2026-06-14.
  5. ↑ O'Brien, Patrick; Byrne, Shane (November 2022). "Double Shadows at the Lunar Poles". The Planetary Science Journal. 3 (11). id. 258. Bibcode:2022PSJ.....3..258O. doi:10.3847/PSJ/ac9e5b.
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