Rost is a

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that is located in the southwestern part of the

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, to the southeast of the elongated formation

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. To the southeast of Rost is the larger crater

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. West-southwest of this formation is the smaller

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. This crater is a circular formation with a low rim and a relatively featureless inner wall and interior floor. There are some tiny craterlets around the rim, including one across the northwest wall and another on the inner wall to the south. The interior has no significant features, with only a tiny craterlet to mark the surface. Rost lies east of the

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, and the outer rim of the basin lies between Rost and Rost A.

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 Rost.

References

Rost crater
Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature,

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