Al-Biruni
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Al-Biruni
| Lat: 18.07°N, Long: 92.62°E, Diam: 80.41 km, Depth: km, Rükl: (farside) | |
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left: Lunar Orbiter LO4-18-h2 . right: LROC . Note Marginis Swirl at west of crater.
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(LAC zone 46D4)
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- IAU page: Al-Biruni
Nomenclature
- Named for Abu Rayhan Muhammad ibn Ahmad al-Biruni (September 15, 973– December 13, 1048), a Persian polymath, anthropologist, astronomer, astrologer, encyclopedist, geodesist, geologist, historian, mathematician, pharmacist, philosopher, physicist, scholar, teacher, and traveller, who contributed greatly to the fields of anthropology, geodesy, geology, history, mathematics, medicine, philosophy, physics, and science.
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