thumb|right|240px|Oblique view from [[Lunar Orbiter 3, facing south, with Pauli at top and Roche at center]]
Roche is a large crater on the far side of the Moon from the Earth. The prominent crater Pauli lies across the southern rim of Roche, and the outer rampart of Pauli covers a portion of Roche's interior floor. To the north-northwest of Roche is the crater Eötvös, and just to the west-northwest lies Rosseland.
The western rim of Roche has been somewhat distorted and straightened. The rim as a whole is worn and eroded, with multiple tiny craterlets marking the surface. The satellite crater Roche B lies across the northeastern inner wall.
The interior floor of Roche is relatively level, but is also marked by several small and tiny craterlets. A grouping of these craters lies near the midpoint. Just to the northwest of this grouping is a bright patch of high-albedo material. Sections of the floor along the north-northwestern side have a lower albedo than elsewhere, usually an indication of basaltic-lava flows similar to what fills the lunar maria. The extent of this patch may actually be larger, but covered with higher-albedo ejecta.
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 Roche.
{| class="wikitable"
!width="25%" style="background:#eeeeee;" |Roche
!width="25%" style="background:#eeeeee;" |Latitude
!width="25%" style="background:#eeeeee;" |Longitude
!width="25%" style="background:#eeeeee;" |Diameter
|-
|align="center"|B
|align="center"|40.1° S
|align="center"|137.2° E
|align="center"|24 km
|-
|align="center"|C
|align="center"|39.0° S
|align="center"|139.2° E
|align="center"|18 km
|-
|align="center"|V
|align="center"|38.5° S
|align="center"|129.3° E
|align="center"|30 km
|-
|align="center"|W
|align="center"|39.0° S
|align="center"|130.5° E
|align="center"|20 km
|}