Al-Bakri (moon crater)
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| Al-Bakri captured by Lunar Orbiter 4 | ||
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| position | 14.33 ° N , 20.24 ° E | |
| diameter | 12 km | |
| Card sheet | 60 (PDF) | |
| Named after | Abu Abdullah Al-Bakri | |
| Named since | 1976 | |
| Unless otherwise stated, the information comes from the entry in the IAU / USGS database | ||
Al-Bakri is a small lunar crater on the northwestern edge of Mare Tranquillitatis , west-northwest of the conspicuous Pliny crater . It is located south of the eastern foothills of the Montes Haemus mountain range , which border the Mare Serenitatis in the north. The Rimae Maclear run to the south .
Al-Bakri is circular and bowl-shaped and shows a small crater floor in the center of the sloping inner walls.
The crater was referred to as Tacquet A before it was given its current name by the IAU after the Spanish-Arab geographer and historian Abu Abdullah Al-Bakri .
Web links
- Al-Bakri in the Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature of the IAU (WGPSN) / USGS
- Al-Bakri crater in the "Digital Lunar Orbiter Photographic Atlas of the Moon"
