Ibn Battuta (moon crater)
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| position | 6.97 ° S , 50.41 ° O | |
| diameter | 12 km | |
| Card sheet | 80 (PDF) | |
| Named after | Ibn Battuta (1304-1368 / 1377) | |
| Named since | 1976 | |
| Unless otherwise stated, the information comes from the entry in the IAU / USGS database | ||
Ibn Battuta is a small lunar crater in Mare Fecunditatis , a mare in the east of the moon's front. It is located southwest of Lindbergh Crater and northeast of Goclenius .
The crater is symmetrically circular with a wide inner area. The sloping inner slopes have a slightly higher albedo than the surrounding mare, but the inner area corresponds to the surrounding area. There is a smaller crater on the western edge, otherwise there are no noticeable features.
The crater was named Goclenius A before it was named by the IAU after the Berber explorer Ibn Battuta .
Web links
- Ibn Battuta in the Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature of the IAU (WGPSN) / USGS