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Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature

Basic Info

Feature Name Alfraganus
Clean Name Alfraganus
Feature ID 181
Target Moon
Feature Type Crater, craters

Location


Coordinate System Planetographic, +East, -180 - 180
Northmost Latitude -5.08 °
Southmost Latitude -5.76 °
Eastmost Longitude 19.31 °
Westmost Longitude 18.63 °
Diameter 20.52 km
Center Latitude -5.42 °
Center Longitude 18.97 °
Northmost Latitude -5.40 °
Southmost Latitude -5.40 °
Eastmost Longitude 19.00 °
Westmost Longitude 19.00 °
Diameter 20.00 km
Center Latitude -5.40 °
Center Longitude 19.00 °
Northmost Latitude -5.10 °
Southmost Latitude -5.77 °
Eastmost Longitude 19.29 °
Westmost Longitude 18.61 °
Diameter 20.52 km
Center Latitude -5.44 °
Center Longitude 18.95 °
Quad LAC-78 [pdf]

Status and Origin

Approval Status Adopted by IAU
Approval Date 1935
Continent Asia
Culture Persian
Origin Al-Fargani, Abu'l-'Abbās Ahmad Ibn Muhammad Ibn Kathīr; Persian astronomer (unkn-c. 840).
Reference [89] - Dictionary of Scientific Biography, Charles Coulston Gillispie, editor in chief, vol. 9: Charles Scribner's Sons, New York, 1981.
Updated Oct 18, 2010 12:00 PM
Satellite Feature(s) Alfraganus K
Alfraganus M
Alfraganus A
Alfraganus C
Alfraganus D
Alfraganus E
Alfraganus F
Alfraganus G
Alfraganus H

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