Alfraganus

Crater (20.5 km) — Al-Fargani, Abu'l-'Abbās Ahmad Ibn Muhammad Ibn Kathīr; Persian astronomer (unkn-c. 840).

Coordinates

-5.4217, 18.9706 (positive-east)

Descriptor

Crater

Feature type

Crater, craters

Feature type code

AA

Diameter km

20.520681

Etymology

Al-Fargani, Abu'l-'Abbās Ahmad Ibn Muhammad Ibn Kathīr; Persian astronomer (unkn-c. 840).

Iau approval status

Adopted by IAU

Iau approval year

1935

Iau reference

http://planetarynames.wr.usgs.gov/Feature/181

Clean name

Alfraganus

Ethnicity

Persian

Continent

Asia

Quad

LAC-78

Primary source