Boole (crater)
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| Crater characteristics | |
|---|---|
| Coordinates | 63.7° N, 87.4° W |
| Diameter | 63 km |
| Depth | Unknown |
| Colongitude | 89° at sunrise |
| Eponym | George Boole |
Boole is a lunar crater that lies along the northwestern limb of the Moon, to the northwest of Gerard crater. At this location it is viewed nearly from the side, and is very oblong in shape due to foreshortening. The crater formation is nearly circular, however, with a wide inner wall that has been worn and rounded due to subsequent impacts.
To the north of Boole is the Cremona crater, and to the southwest is Paneth and Smoluchowski craters. The eroded and somewhat distorted satellite crater 'Boole E' is attached to the southern rim, forming a saddle-shaped valley between the two formations. The interior floor of Boole is relatively flat, and marked only by tiny craterlets. There is a small craterlet on the floor next to the southwest rim, and a tiny crater along the western inner wall.
The surface along the western face of Boole crater is pock-marked by a multitude of small craterlets that run in a northerly direction toward Brianchon crater. A sequence of these impacts forms a short catena, or crater chain, near the western rim of Boole.
[edit] Satellite craters
By convention these features are identified on lunar maps by placing the letter on the side of the crater mid-point that is closest to Boole crater.
| Boole | Latitude | Longitude | Diameter |
|---|---|---|---|
| A | 63.6° N | 80.6° W | 56 km |
| B | 63.6° N | 77.3° W | 9 km |
| C | 65.4° N | 82.5° W | 18 km |
| D | 64.0° N | 83.5° W | 10 km |
| E | 62.9° N | 84.6° W | 16 km |
| F | 64.2° N | 79.4° W | 34 km |
| G | 64.8° N | 90.9° W | 41 km |
| H | 61.6° N | 88.9° W | 75 km |
| R | 64.4° N | 78.0° W | 13 km |
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