Boethius | |
Location: | Beethoven quadrangle, Mercury |
Type: | Impact crater |
Coordinates: | -0.98°N -73.64°W |
Eponym: | Boethius |
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. Tansen is to the northeast.