Bode (crater)

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Bode is a relatively small impact craters on the lunar front side between Sinuis Aestuum and sinus Medii, northwest of Pallas. The crater is bowl-shaped with a flat bottom. To the east, a system of lunar grooves Rimae Bode.

The crater was officially named by the IAU in 1935 by Johann Elert Bode the German astronomer.

Near side of the Moon Pallas (crater) Rille International Astronomical Union
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