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Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature

Basic Info

Feature Name Alhazen D
Clean Name Alhazen D
Feature ID 7174
Target Moon
Feature Type Satellite Feature

Location


Coordinate System Planetographic, +East, -180 - 180
Northmost Latitude 20.15 °
Southmost Latitude 19.21 °
Eastmost Longitude 75.77 °
Westmost Longitude 74.58 °
Diameter 34.23 km
Center Latitude 19.68 °
Center Longitude 75.17 °
Northmost Latitude 20.11 °
Southmost Latitude 19.19 °
Eastmost Longitude 75.74 °
Westmost Longitude 74.50 °
Diameter 35.44 km
Center Latitude 19.65 °
Center Longitude 75.12 °
Northmost Latitude 19.70 °
Southmost Latitude 19.70 °
Eastmost Longitude 75.20 °
Westmost Longitude 75.20 °
Diameter 33.00 km
Center Latitude 19.70 °
Center Longitude 75.20 °
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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