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Al-Biruni

Crater (80.4 km) — Abū ar-Rayhān Muhammad ibn Ahmad al-Birūnī; Persian astronomer, mathematician, geographer (973-1048).

Coordinates
18.0713, 92.6162 (positive-east)
Descriptor
Crater
Feature type
Crater, craters
Feature type code
AA
Diameter km
80.41024
Etymology
Abū ar-Rayhān Muhammad ibn Ahmad al-Birūnī; Persian astronomer, mathematician, geographer (973-1048).
Iau approval status
Adopted by IAU
Iau approval year
1970
Iau reference
http://planetarynames.wr.usgs.gov/Feature/146
Clean name
Al Biruni
Ethnicity
Persian
Continent
Asia
Quad
LAC-46

Primary source