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Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature

Basic Info

Feature Name Al-Biruni
Clean Name Al Biruni
Feature ID 146
Target Moon
Feature Type Crater, craters

Location


Coordinate System Planetographic, +East, -180 - 180
Northmost Latitude 19.40 °
Southmost Latitude 16.75 °
Eastmost Longitude 94.01 °
Westmost Longitude 91.22 °
Diameter 80.41 km
Center Latitude 18.07 °
Center Longitude 92.62 °
Northmost Latitude 19.34 °
Southmost Latitude 16.83 °
Eastmost Longitude 93.82 °
Westmost Longitude 91.17 °
Diameter 76.16 km
Center Latitude 18.08 °
Center Longitude 92.49 °
Northmost Latitude 17.90 °
Southmost Latitude 17.90 °
Eastmost Longitude 92.50 °
Westmost Longitude 92.50 °
Diameter 77.00 km
Center Latitude 17.90 °
Center Longitude 92.50 °
Quad LAC-46 [pdf]

Status and Origin

Approval Status Adopted by IAU
Approval Date 1970
Continent Asia
Ethnicity Persian
Origin Abū ar-Rayhān Muhammad ibn Ahmad al-Birūnī; Persian astronomer, mathematician, geographer (973-1048).
Reference [75] - Webster's Biographical Dictionary: G. and C. Merriam Company, Springfield, Mass., 1974 (and other editions).
Updated Oct 18, 2010 12:00 PM
Satellite Feature(s) Al-Biruni C

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