Van den Bos (crater)

Van den Bos (crater)

lunar crater data
latitude=5.3
N_or_S=S
longitude=146.0
E_or_W=E
diameter=22 km
depth="Unknown"
colong=214
eponym=Willem H. van den Bos

Van Den Bos is a small lunar crater that is joined to the south-southwestern outer rim of the slightly larger Tamm crater. About a crater diameter to the west is the Vil'ev crater. Further away to the east is the prominent Chaplygin crater, and to the south-southwest lies the Marconi crater. Van Den Bos is located on the far side of the Moon and can not be viewed directly from the Earth.

This is a shallow crater formation with some wear along its rim. It has nearly merged with the neighboring Tamm crater, and the length of the common rim is almost two-thirds the diameter of Van Den Bos. The interior floor has a series of rilles across the surface. These are usually formed by cooling sheets of basaltic-lava.

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External links

* [http://www.lpi.usra.edu/resources/lunar_orbiter/bin/info.shtml?26 Digital Lunar Orbiter Photo Number I-115-H2]


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