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Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature

Basic Info

Feature Name Alhazen A
Clean Name Alhazen A
Feature ID 7173
Target Moon
Feature Type Satellite Feature

Location


Coordinate System Planetographic, +East, -180 - 180
Northmost Latitude 16.43 °
Southmost Latitude 15.90 °
Eastmost Longitude 74.58 °
Westmost Longitude 74.03 °
Diameter 16.14 km
Center Latitude 16.17 °
Center Longitude 74.30 °
Northmost Latitude 16.39 °
Southmost Latitude 15.84 °
Eastmost Longitude 74.51 °
Westmost Longitude 73.94 °
Diameter 16.65 km
Center Latitude 16.12 °
Center Longitude 74.22 °
Northmost Latitude 16.20 °
Southmost Latitude 16.20 °
Eastmost Longitude 74.30 °
Westmost Longitude 74.30 °
Diameter 14.00 km
Center Latitude 16.20 °
Center Longitude 74.30 °
Quad LAC-45 [pdf]

Status and Origin

Approval Status Adopted by IAU
Approval Date 2006
Continent Asia
Ethnicity Iraq
Origin Abū Ali Al-Hasan Ibn Al Haitham; Iraqi mathematician (987-1038).
Reference [66] - Named Lunar Formations, by Mary A. Blagg and K. Müller: Percy Lund, Humphries and Co. Ltd., London, 1935.
Updated Oct 18, 2010 12:00 PM
Parent Feature Alhazen

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