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'''Left:''' ''[http://lroc.sese.asu.edu/index.html LROC]'' image WAC No. [http://wms.lroc.asu.edu/lroc/view_lroc/LRO-L-LROC-2-EDR-V1.0/M116248983ME M116248983ME]. Calibrated by [http://ltvt.wikispaces.com/Utility%20Programs#WAC_Viewer LROC_WAC_Previewer].<br /> '''Right:''' ''[http://lpod.org/coppermine/displayimage.php?pos=-105 IV-097-H2]''<br /> <div id="toc">
 
'''Left:''' ''[http://lroc.sese.asu.edu/index.html LROC]'' image WAC No. [http://wms.lroc.asu.edu/lroc/view_lroc/LRO-L-LROC-2-EDR-V1.0/M116248983ME M116248983ME]. Calibrated by [http://ltvt.wikispaces.com/Utility%20Programs#WAC_Viewer LROC_WAC_Previewer].<br /> '''Right:''' ''[http://lpod.org/coppermine/displayimage.php?pos=-105 IV-097-H2]''<br /> <div id="toc">
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<div style="margin-left: 1em">[#Boscovich, with Rimae Boscovich on its floor Boscovich, with Rimae Boscovich on its floor]</div><div style="margin-left: 2em">[#Boscovich, with Rimae Boscovich on its floor-Images Images]</div><div style="margin-left: 2em">[#Boscovich, with Rimae Boscovich on its floor-Maps Maps]</div><div style="margin-left: 2em">[#Boscovich, with Rimae Boscovich on its floor-Description Description]</div><div style="margin-left: 2em">[#Boscovich, with Rimae Boscovich on its floor-Description: Elger Description: Elger]</div><div style="margin-left: 2em">[#Boscovich, with Rimae Boscovich on its floor-Description: Wikipedia Description: Wikipedia]</div><div style="margin-left: 2em">[#Boscovich, with Rimae Boscovich on its floor-Additional Information Additional Information]</div><div style="margin-left: 2em">[#Boscovich, with Rimae Boscovich on its floor-Nomenclature Nomenclature]</div><div style="margin-left: 2em">[#Boscovich, with Rimae Boscovich on its floor-LPOD Articles LPOD Articles]</div><div style="margin-left: 2em">[#Boscovich, with Rimae Boscovich on its floor-Bibliography Bibliography]</div></div><br />  
 
 
==Images==
 
==Images==
 
[http://www.lpod.org/coppermine/thumbnails.php?album=search&type=full&search=Boscovich LPOD Photo Gallery] [http://www.lpi.usra.edu/resources/lunar_orbiter/bin/srch_nam.shtml?Boscovich%7C0 Lunar Orbiter Images] [http://www.lpi.usra.edu/resources/apollo/search/feature/?feature=Boscovich Apollo Images]<br /> <br />  
 
[http://www.lpod.org/coppermine/thumbnails.php?album=search&type=full&search=Boscovich LPOD Photo Gallery] [http://www.lpi.usra.edu/resources/lunar_orbiter/bin/srch_nam.shtml?Boscovich%7C0 Lunar Orbiter Images] [http://www.lpi.usra.edu/resources/apollo/search/feature/?feature=Boscovich Apollo Images]<br /> <br />  
 
==Maps==
 
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''([http://the-moon.wikispaces.com/LAC%20zone LAC zone] 60A4)'' [http://www.lpi.usra.edu/resources/mapcatalog/LAC/lac60/ LAC map] [http://www.lpi.usra.edu/resources/mapcatalog/usgs/I510/ Geologic map] [http://www.lpi.usra.edu/resources/mapcatalog/LM/lm60/ LM map]<br /> <br />  
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''([http://the-moon.us/wiki/LAC%20zone LAC zone] 60A4)'' [http://www.lpi.usra.edu/resources/mapcatalog/LAC/lac60/ LAC map] [http://www.lpi.usra.edu/resources/mapcatalog/usgs/I510/ Geologic map] [http://www.lpi.usra.edu/resources/mapcatalog/LM/lm60/ LM map]<br /> <br />  
 
==Description==
 
==Description==
 
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==Description: Elger==
 
==Description: Elger==
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''([http://the-moon.wikispaces.com/IAU%20Directions IAU Directions])'' BOSCOVICH.--This is not a very striking telescopic object under any phase, on account of its broken, irregular, and generally ill-defined border. It is, however, remarkable as being one of the darkest spots on the visible surface: in this respect a fit companion to [http://the-moon.wikispaces.com/Julius%20Caesar Julius Caesar], its neighbour on the E. Schmidt shows some ridges within it.<br /> <br />  
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''([http://the-moon.us/wiki/IAU%20directions IAU Directions])'' BOSCOVICH.--This is not a very striking telescopic object under any phase, on account of its broken, irregular, and generally ill-defined border. It is, however, remarkable as being one of the darkest spots on the visible surface: in this respect a fit companion to [http://the-moon.us/wiki/Julius%20Caesar Julius Caesar], its neighbour on the E. Schmidt shows some ridges within it.<br /> <br />  
 
==Description: Wikipedia==
 
==Description: Wikipedia==
 
[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boscovich_(crater) Boscovich]<br /> <br />  
 
[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boscovich_(crater) Boscovich]<br /> <br />  
 
==Additional Information==
 
==Additional Information==
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* Depth data from [http://the-moon.wikispaces.com/Kurt%20Fisher%20crater%20depths Kurt Fisher database]<br />  Arthur, 1974: 1.76 km<br />  Westfall, 2000: 1.78 km<br />  Viscardy, 1985: 1.8 km<br />  Cherrington, 1969: 0.91 km
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* Depth data from [http://the-moon.us/wiki/Kurt%20Fisher%20Crater%20Depths Kurt Fisher database]<br />  Arthur, 1974: 1.76 km<br />  Westfall, 2000: 1.78 km<br />  Viscardy, 1985: 1.8 km<br />  Cherrington, 1969: 0.91 km
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* '''Boscovich P''' has a mound on the floor 0.2km tall [http://the-moon.wikispaces.com/Sekiguchi%2C%201972 Sekiguchi, 1972]. <span class="membersnap">- [http://www.wikispaces.com/user/view/fatastronomer [[Image:fatastronomer-lg.jpg|16px|fatastronomer]]] [http://www.wikispaces.com/user/view/fatastronomer fatastronomer]</span><br /> [http://www.lpod.org/coppermine/displayimage.php?pid=4834&fullsize=1 [[Image:normal_boscovich-p.jpg|external image normal_boscovich-p.jpg]]]<br /> ''[http://lroc.sese.asu.edu/index.html LROC]'' image WAC No. [http://wms.lroc.asu.edu/lroc/view_lroc/LRO-L-LROC-2-EDR-V1.0/M116248983ME M116248983ME]. Calibrated by [http://ltvt.wikispaces.com/Utility%20Programs#WAC_Viewer LROC_WAC_Previewer].
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* '''Boscovich P''' has a mound on the floor 0.2km tall [http://the-moon.us/wiki/Sekiguchi%2C%201972 Sekiguchi, 1972]. <span class="membersnap">- fatastronomer</span><br /> [http://www.lpod.org/coppermine/displayimage.php?pid=4834&fullsize=1 [[Image:Normal_boscovich-p.jpg|external image normal_boscovich-p.jpg]]]<br /> ''[http://lroc.sese.asu.edu/index.html LROC]'' image WAC No. [http://wms.lroc.asu.edu/lroc/view_lroc/LRO-L-LROC-2-EDR-V1.0/M116248983ME M116248983ME]. Calibrated by [http://ltvt.wikispaces.com/Utility%20Programs#WAC_Viewer LROC_WAC_Previewer].
 
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==Nomenclature==
 
==Nomenclature==
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  Drawing and text by Alika Herring. ''S&T'' January 1961, p. 39.<br /> <br />
 
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Latest revision as of 20:03, 16 April 2018

Boscovich, with Rimae Boscovich on its floor

Lat: 9.8°N, Long: 11.1°E, Diam: 46 km, Depth: 1.76 km, Rükl: 34

external image normal_boscovich.jpg

external image boscovich-lo-iv_097_h2.jpg

Left: LROC image WAC No. M116248983ME. Calibrated by LROC_WAC_Previewer.
Right: IV-097-H2


Images

LPOD Photo Gallery Lunar Orbiter Images Apollo Images

Maps

(LAC zone 60A4) LAC map Geologic map LM map

Description


Description: Elger

(IAU Directions) BOSCOVICH.--This is not a very striking telescopic object under any phase, on account of its broken, irregular, and generally ill-defined border. It is, however, remarkable as being one of the darkest spots on the visible surface: in this respect a fit companion to Julius Caesar, its neighbour on the E. Schmidt shows some ridges within it.

Description: Wikipedia

Boscovich

Additional Information


Nomenclature

  • Named for Roger Joseph (Ruggero Giuseppe) Boscovich (May 18, 1711 – February 13, 1787), a physicist, astronomer, mathematician, philosopher, diplomat, poet, and Jesuit from Ragusa (then an independent state, today Dubrovnik in Croatia) who later lived in England, France and Italy. Noted for his speculations regarding the lunar atmosphere (or lack thereof).


LPOD Articles

A Russian Masterpiece (Boscovich with Rimae Boscovich on its floor, near the upper margin of the frame).
Smoothered


Bibliography

Drawing and text by Alika Herring. S&T January 1961, p. 39.
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