Azophi (moon crater)

Azophi

Azophi (top left) and surroundings ( LROC -WAC)

position

22.21 ° S , 12.67 ° E Coordinates: 22 ° 12 '36 " S , 12 ° 40' 12" E

diameter

48 km

depth

3730 m

Card sheet

96 (PDF)

Named after

Abd al-Rahman as-Sufi (903-986)

Named since

1935

Unless otherwise stated, the information comes from the entry in the IAU / USGS database

47.54

Azophi is an impact crater on the front of the Moon west of Mare Nectaris , southeast of Abenezra crater , the rim of which Azophi touches, and northwest of Sacrobosco . The crater rim is moderately eroded, the crater floor largely flat.

List of Azophi minor craters
Letter	position	diameter	link
A.	24.44 ° S , 11.12 ° EMoon -24.44 December 11th	28 km	[1]
B.	23.64 ° S , 10.57 ° EMoon -23.64 10:57	18 km	[2]
C.	21.82 ° S , 13.04 ° EMoon -21.82 04.13	5 km	[3]
D.	24.34 ° S , 13.37 ° EMoon -24.34 13.37	8 kilometers	[4]
E.	23.49 ° S , 13.74 ° EMoon -23.49 13.74	5 km	[5]
F.	22.32 ° S , 13.81 ° EMoon -22.32 13.81	6 km	[6]
G	23.96 ° S , 12.22 ° EMoon -23.96 12.22	55 km	[7]
H	25.61 ° S , 11.79 ° OMoon -25.61 11.79	21 km	[8th]
J	21.3 ° S , 13.15 ° EMoon -21.3 13.15	8 kilometers	[9]

The crater was officially named by the IAU in 1935 after the Persian astronomer Abd ar-Rahman as-Sufi (Latinized Azophi ).

Web links

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

Individual evidence

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

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