Ibn Bajja
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| position | 86 ° S , 72.74 ° W | |
| diameter | 12 km | |
| Card sheet | 144 (PDF) | |
| Named after | Ibn Badja (12th century) | |
| Named since | 2009 | |
| Unless otherwise stated, the information comes from the entry in the IAU / USGS database | ||
Ibn Bajja is a small impact crater on the front of the moon near the South Pole, west of the Cabeus crater . Due to its location, the interior of the crater is mostly in the shade.
The crater was officially named by the IAU in 2009 after the Spanish-Arab philosopher and naturalist Ibn Baddscha .