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Abul Wáfa

Lat: 1.01°N, Long: 116.65°E, Diam: 54.18 km, Depth: km, Rükl: (farside)

left: AS16-M0625 . right. LROC . Abul Wáfa lies on bright terrain near King crater

Named for Abul Wáfa (940-998), a Persian mathematician and astronomer. He studied mathematics and worked principally in the field of trigonometry. He wrote a number of books, most of which no longer exist. He also studied the movements of the moon. He devised a wall quadrant for the accurate astronomy measurement of the declination of stars. He also introduced the tangent function and improved methods of calculating trigonometry tables and developed novel ways of solving some problems of spherical triangles.

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-[http://www.lpod.org/coppermine/albums/userpics/normal_Abu-Wafa2-AS16-M-0625.jpg [[Image:normal_Abu-Wafa2-AS16-M-0625.jpg|external image normal_Abu-Wafa2-AS16-M-0625.jpg]]][[Image:Abul_Wafa.jpg|Abul_Wafa.jpg]]<br />  left: ''[http://lpod.org/coppermine/displayimage.php?pos=-2403 AS16-M0625] .'' right. '''''LROC''' .'' '''Abul Wáfa''' lies on bright terrain near '''[[King|King]]''' crater<br /> <br />
+[http://www.lpod.org/coppermine/albums/userpics/normal_Abu-Wafa2-AS16-M-0625.jpg [[Image:Normal_Abu-Wafa2-AS16-M-0625.jpg|external image normal_Abu-Wafa2-AS16-M-0625.jpg]]][[Image:Abul_Wafa.jpg|Abul_Wafa.jpg]]<br />  left: ''[http://lpod.org/coppermine/displayimage.php?pos=-2403 AS16-M0625] .'' right. '''''LROC''' .'' '''Abul Wáfa''' lies on bright terrain near '''[[King|King]]''' crater<br /> <br />
 ==Images==
 [http://www.lpod.org/coppermine/thumbnails.php?album=search&type=full&search=Abul%20Wafa LPOD Photo Gallery] [http://www.lpi.usra.edu/resources/lunar_orbiter/bin/srch_nam.shtml?Abul%20Wafa%7C0 Lunar Orbiter Images] [http://www.lpi.usra.edu/resources/apollo/search/feature/?feature=Abul%20Wafa Apollo Images]<br /> <br />