Albategnius (moon crater)

Albategnius
Albategnius recorded by Apollo 16
position	11.2 °  S , 3.96 °  E Coordinates: 11 ° 12 '0 "  S , 3 ° 57' 36"  E
diameter	131 km
depth	3200 m
Card sheet	77 (PDF)
Named after	al-Battani († 929)
Named since	1935
Unless otherwise stated, the information comes from the entry in the IAU / USGS database

Albategnius is a large impact crater on the front of the moon east of the Mare Nubium . The crater is southeast of Ptolemaeus and south of Hipparchus . The crater wall is badly eroded and has terracing . The south-western edge is covered by the Klein crater . The inside is just with a central mountain .

The crater was officially named by the IAU in 1935 after the Arab mathematician and astronomer al-Battani .

Albategnius and its secondary craters

Surroundings of Albategnius ( LROC -WAC)

List of Albategnius minor craters

Letter	position	diameter	link
A.	9.35 °  S , 2.98 °  E	7 km	[1]
B.	10.12 °  S , 3.99 °  E	19 km	[2]
C.	10.35 °  S , 3.68 °  E	6 km	[3]
D.	11.37 °  S , 7.11 °  E	8 kilometers	[4]
E.	12.96 °  S , 6.34 °  E	13 km	[5]
G	9.45 °  S , 1.82 °  E	14 km	[6]
H	9.68 °  S , 5.11 °  E	12 km	[7]
J	11.16 °  S , 6.15 °  E	6 km	[8th]
K	9.87 °  S , 1.97 °  E	10 km	[9]
L.	12.11 °  S , 6.26 °  E	8 kilometers	[10]
M.	8.93 °  S , 4.11 °  E	8 kilometers	[11]
N	9.92 °  S , 4.49 °  E	9 km	[12]
O	13.57 °  S , 4.37 °  E	5 km	[13]
P	13.03 °  S , 4.44 °  E	4 km	[14]
S.	13.37 °  S , 6 °  E	6 km	[15]
T	12.66 °  S , 6.03 °  E	10 km	[16]

Web links

• Albategnius in the Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature of the IAU (WGPSN) / USGS
• Albategnius on The-Moon Wiki

Individual evidence

1. ^ John E. Westfall: Atlas of the Lunar Terminator. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge et al. 2000, ISBN 0-521-59002-7 .