Boethius (Mercurian crater)

Boethius

MESSENGER WAC
Planet	Mercury
Coordinates	0°59′S 73°38′W / 0.98°S 73.64°W / -0.98; -73.64Coordinates: 0°59′S 73°38′W / 0.98°S 73.64°W / -0.98; -73.64
Quadrangle	Kuiper
Diameter	114 km (71 mi)
Eponym	Boethius

Hollows on the peaks in central Boethius crater

Boethius is a crater on the planet Mercury. It was named after Anicius Manlius Severinus Boethius, the Roman philosopher, by the IAU in 1976.^[1]

Hollows are present on the arc of mountains within central Boethius.

The smaller crater Caruso is west of Boethius, and Polygnotus is to the east.

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