Abenezra (moon crater)

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Abenezra
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Abenezra Crater (top left) and Azophi Crater (bottom right) captured by Lunar Orbiter 4
Abenezra (moon equatorial region)
Abenezra
position 21.01 °  S , 11.88 °  E Coordinates: 21 ° 0 '36 "  S , 11 ° 52' 48"  E
diameter 43 km
Card sheet 96 (PDF)
Named after Abraham ibn Esra (1092–1164 / 1167)
Named since 1935
Unless otherwise stated, the information comes from the entry in the IAU / USGS database

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Abenezra is an impact crater on the southeastern front of the moon , southwest of Geber crater . The crater rim is irregular and the crater floor uneven. In the southeast the rim of the crater touches the wall of Azophi .

The crater was named by the IAU in 1935 after the Spanish mathematician and astronomer Abraham ben Meir Ibn Ezra Abenezra .

Surroundings of Abenezra ( LROC -WAC)
The crater Abenezra and Azophi of Apollo 14 added
List of minor craters
Letter position diameter link
A. 22.83 °  S , 10.39 °  E 22 km [1]
B. 20.84 °  S , 10.01 °  E 14 km [2]
C. 21.39 °  S , 11 °  E 44 km [3]
D. 21.78 °  S , 9.6 °  E 7 km [4]
E. 21.46 °  S , 9.36 °  E 14 km [5]
F. 21.59 °  S , 10.29 °  E 6 km [6]
G 20.56 °  S , 10.96 °  E 5 km [7]
H 21.11 °  S , 12.7 °  E 3 km [8th]
J 19.94 °  S , 10.64 °  E 4 km [9]
P 20.02 °  S , 9.85 °  E 39 km [10]

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