The Crater Boris

Feature Profile & Selenographic Data

Feature type

crater

Coordinates

30.53° N · 33.50° W

Diameter

1.73 km

IAU approval

1979/01/01 00:00:00

LAC quadrangle

LAC-39 · Aristarchus

Geological Chronicle

Boris is a tiny lunar impact crater that is located on the Mare Imbrium, to the northeast of the much larger crater Delisle. The formation spans an official diameter of 1.73 kilometers.

It lies near the southwest extremity of a sinuous rille that is designated Rima Delisle. It is recorded in the IAU Gazetteer under quadrangle LAC-39.

Chronology & Exploration

1. IAU Name Adopted

   The International Astronomical Union officially approves the crater name.

Scientific Sources & References

• IAU Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature — Russian male name.
• Wikipedia (en) — Boris (crater)

Name Origin

Russian male name.