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Bosch (crater)
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Bosch is a small lunar impact crater near the North Pole of the Moon.[1] It is located just to the northeast of the Rozhdestvenskiy crater.
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Coordinates | 86.82°N 133.6°E / 86.82; 133.6 |
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Diameter | 18.6 km |
Depth | Unknown |
Colongitude | 190° at sunrise |
Eponym | Carl Bosch |
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This crater was previously unnamed until it was given a name by the IAU along with 18 other craters on January 22, 2009.[2] It was named after German chemist and Nobel Prize winner Carl Bosch (c. 1874 – c. 1940).