Albategnius (crater)

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Albategnius is a big crater on the lunar front side east of Mare Nubium. The crater is located southeast of Ptolemy and south of Hipparchus. The crater wall is eroded and has terracing on. The southwestern edge of the crater is superimposed small. The interior is flat with a central peak.

The crater was officially named by the IAU in 1935 by the Arab mathematician and astronomer al - Battani.

Muḥammad ibn Jābir al-Ḥarrānī al-Battānī Near side of the Moon Ptolemaeus (lunar crater) Hipparchus (lunar crater) Klein (crater) International Astronomical Union
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