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■ Measured / ComputedAlbategnius
Crater (130.8 km) — Muhammed Ben Geber Al-Battānī; Arab astronomer, mathematician (c. 858-929).
- Coordinates
- -11.24, 4.0092 (positive-east)
- Descriptor
- Crater
- Feature type
- Crater, craters
- Feature type code
- AA
- Diameter km
- 130.84
- Etymology
- Muhammed Ben Geber Al-Battānī; Arab astronomer, mathematician (c. 858-929).
- Iau approval status
- Adopted by IAU
- Iau approval year
- 1935
- Iau reference
- http://planetarynames.wr.usgs.gov/Feature/162
- Clean name
- Albategnius
- Ethnicity
- Iraq
- Continent
- Asia
- Quad
- LAC-77
Primary source