Albategnius (crater)

Albategnius
Lunar Orbiter 4 image
Coordinates11°12′S 4°06′E / 11.2°S 4.1°E / -11.2; 4.1
Diameter129 km
Depth4.4 km
Colongitude356° at sunrise
EponymAl-Batani

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.

Albategnius is one of the largest craters of Nectarian age.

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