Bouguer is a
lunar
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Arts and entertainment
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impact crater
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that lies along the southern edge of the
Mare Frigoris
Mare Frigoris (Latin ''frīgōris'', the "Sea of Cold") is a lunar mare in the far north of the Moon. It is located in the outer rings of the Procellarum basin, just north of Mare Imbrium, and stretches east to north of Mare Serenitatis. It is ju ...
, to the north of the crater
Bianchini
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. To the west-southwest of Bouguer, along the same shore of the mare, is the crater
Foucault. Nearly due west is the more prominent
Harpalus
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, and to the west is
La Condamine
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.
This is a relatively young crater with well-defined edge. The formation is relatively circular, but there are slight outward bulges to the east, north-northwest, and southwest. There is some evidence of slumping in the eastern bulge. The interior floor occupies about half the crater diameter, and is relatively level and featureless.
Satellite craters
By convention these features are identified on lunar maps by placing the letter on the side of the crater midpoint that is closest to Bouguer.
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Impact craters on the Moon