Bose is a
lunar impact crater
An impact crater is a depression (geology), depression in the surface of a solid astronomical body formed by the hypervelocity impact event, impact of a smaller object. In contrast to volcanic craters, which result from explosion or internal c ...
that is located on the
far side of the
Moon
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, in the southern
sphere hemisphere. It lies just to the northwest of the smaller crater
Bhabha, and southeast of
Alder
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.
The outer rim of Bose has become worn and the edges rounded by impacts, although the shape of the wall is still well-preserved. The small satellite crater Bose D lies across the east-northeastern rim, and a smaller craterlet has impacted on the inner southeast wall. The inner floor is level with a low central peak offset slightly to the southeast of the midpoint. There are several tiny craterlets marking the interior, including three to the east of the central peak.
The crater is named after an eminent Indian polymath,
Sir Jagadish Chandra Bose, for his works on wireless communication.
Satellite craters
By convention these features are identified in
selenography
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by placing the letter on the side of the crater midpoint that is closest to Bose.
See also
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Mitra (crater)
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{{Craters on the Moon: A–B
Impact craters on the Moon