Abenezra (moon crater)
Abenezra | ||
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Abenezra Crater (top left) and Azophi Crater (bottom right) captured by Lunar Orbiter 4 | ||
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position | 21.01 ° S , 11.88 ° 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 |
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 .
Letter | position | diameter | link |
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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] |