Boethius (Mercurian crater)
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Boethius is a crater on the planet Mercury. It was named after Anicius Manlius Severinus Boethius, the Roman philosopher, by the IAU in 1976. The crater was first imaged by Mariner 10 in 1974.
MESSENGER WAC of Boethius
Hollows on the peaks in central Boethius crater, with the prominent scarp at center.
Impact crater
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An impact crater is a depression in the surface of a solid astronomical body formed by the hypervelocity impact of a smaller object. In contrast to volcanic craters, which result from explosion or int
500-kilometre-wide (310 mi) crater Engelier on Saturn's moon Iapetus
Recently formed (between July 2010 and May 2012) impact crater on Mars showing a pristine ray system of ejecta
50,000-year-old Meteor Crater east of Flagstaff, Arizona, U.S. on Earth
Eugene Shoemaker, pioneer impact crater researcher, here at a crystallographic microscope used to examine meteorites