Albategnius (crater)
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Albategnius is an ancient lunar impact crater located in the central highlands. It is named after the Mesopotamian Muslim astronomer and scientist Abū ʿAbd Allāh Muḥammad ibn Jābir ibn Sinān al-Raqqī al-Ḥarrānī aṣ-Ṣābiʾ al-Battānī, Latinized as Albategnius.[1]
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Coordinates | 11.2°S 4.1°E / -11.2; 4.1 |
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Diameter | 129 km |
Depth | 4.4 km |
Colongitude | 356° at sunrise |
Eponym | Al-Batani |
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Albategnius is one of the largest craters of Nectarian age.[2]