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Abul Wáfa

Crater (54.2 km) — Abū al-Wafā al-Būzajāni; Persian mathematician, astronomer (940-998).

Coordinates
0.9626, 116.6306 (positive-east)
Descriptor
Crater
Feature type
Crater, craters
Feature type code
AA
Diameter km
54.178692
Etymology
Abū al-Wafā al-Būzajāni; Persian mathematician, astronomer (940-998).
Iau approval status
Adopted by IAU
Iau approval year
1970
Iau reference
http://planetarynames.wr.usgs.gov/Feature/22
Clean name
Abul Wafa
Ethnicity
Persian
Continent
Asia
Quad
LAC-65

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