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[http://www.lpod.org/coppermine/albums/userpics/Avicenna_Clementine_LTVT.JPG [[Image:normal_Avicenna_Clementine_LTVT.JPG|external image normal_Avicenna_Clementine_LTVT.JPG]]]<br /> ''[http://lpod.org/coppermine/displayimage.php?pos=-3050 Clementine]'' '''Avicenna''' is the large crater in the center. The smaller craters visible here are not named with the exception of 21-km diameter '''Avicenna R''', a very small piece of which can be seen below center along the left margin.<br /> <br />  
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[http://www.lpod.org/coppermine/albums/userpics/Avicenna_Clementine_LTVT.JPG [[Image:Normal_Avicenna_Clementine_LTVT.JPG|external image normal_Avicenna_Clementine_LTVT.JPG]]]<br /> ''[http://lpod.org/coppermine/displayimage.php?pos=-3050 Clementine]'' '''Avicenna''' is the large crater in the center. The smaller craters visible here are not named with the exception of 21-km diameter '''Avicenna R''', a very small piece of which can be seen below center along the left margin.<br /> <br />  
 
==Images==
 
==Images==
 
[http://www.lpod.org/coppermine/thumbnails.php?album=search&type=full&search=Avicenna LPOD Photo Gallery] [http://www.lpi.usra.edu/resources/lunar_orbiter/bin/srch_nam.shtml?Avicenna%7C0 Lunar Orbiter Images]<br />  
 
[http://www.lpod.org/coppermine/thumbnails.php?album=search&type=full&search=Avicenna LPOD Photo Gallery] [http://www.lpi.usra.edu/resources/lunar_orbiter/bin/srch_nam.shtml?Avicenna%7C0 Lunar Orbiter Images]<br />  
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==Additional Information==
 
==Additional Information==
  
* Depth data from [[Kurt%20Fisher%20crater%20depths|Kurt Fisher database]] :
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* Depth data from [[Kurt%20Fisher%20Crater%20Depths|Kurt Fisher database]] :
 
* Cherrington, 1969: 3.26 km
 
* Cherrington, 1969: 3.26 km
 
* Remarkable "''groove''" north of '''Avicenna''', which runs north-northwest toward an unnamed crater between '''Rynin''' and '''Chapman'''. This "''groove''" is vaguely depicted on page 73 (LAC 36) in the ''Clementine Atlas of the Moon'' (revised edition, 2012). <span class="membersnap">- DannyCaes <small>Feb 12, 2014</small></span>
 
* Remarkable "''groove''" north of '''Avicenna''', which runs north-northwest toward an unnamed crater between '''Rynin''' and '''Chapman'''. This "''groove''" is vaguely depicted on page 73 (LAC 36) in the ''Clementine Atlas of the Moon'' (revised edition, 2012). <span class="membersnap">- DannyCaes <small>Feb 12, 2014</small></span>

Latest revision as of 18:44, 15 April 2018

Avicenna

Lat: 39.7°N, Long: 97.2°W, Diam: 74 km, Depth: 3.26 km, Rükl: (farside)

external image normal_Avicenna_Clementine_LTVT.JPG
Clementine Avicenna is the large crater in the center. The smaller craters visible here are not named with the exception of 21-km diameter Avicenna R, a very small piece of which can be seen below center along the left margin.

Images

LPOD Photo Gallery Lunar Orbiter Images

  • Avicenna was photographed by Lunar Orbiter IV, see frame LO-IV-188-med. On this photograph, Avicenna's location is north (or "above") the Lorentz-Nernst-Rontgen group (captured at the upper half of the frame, near the sunrise terminator).
  • See also LO-IV-190-med, in which Avicenna and the Lorentz-Nernst-Rontgen group were captured at the lower left part of the frame. In this photograph, a remarkable "groove" is noticeable north of Avicenna, which runs north-northwest toward an unnamed crater between Rynin and Chapman.
  • Research Lunar Orbiter IV photography: Danny Caes


Maps

(LAC zone 36C1)

Description


Description: Wikipedia

Avicenna

Additional Information

  • Depth data from Kurt Fisher database :
  • Cherrington, 1969: 3.26 km
  • Remarkable "groove" north of Avicenna, which runs north-northwest toward an unnamed crater between Rynin and Chapman. This "groove" is vaguely depicted on page 73 (LAC 36) in the Clementine Atlas of the Moon (revised edition, 2012). - DannyCaes Feb 12, 2014


Nomenclature

  • Named for Abu Ali Al-Hussein Ibn Abdallah (980-1037), also known as Ibn Seena and Avicenna, a Persian philosopher and, according to the IAU citation the "greatest physician of medieval times", who among his other accomplishments suggested the speed of light must be finite.
  • Avicenna was among the long list of farside feature names approved by the IAU in 1970 and published in Menzel, 1971.


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