Abul Wáfa
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Abul Wáfa
| Lat: 1.01°N, Long: 116.65°E, Diam: 54.18 km, Depth: km, Rükl: (farside) |
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[#Abul Wáfa Abul Wáfa]
[#Abul Wáfa-Images Images]
[#Abul Wáfa-Maps Maps]
[#Abul Wáfa-Description Description]
[#Abul Wáfa-Description-Wikipedia Wikipedia]
[#Abul Wáfa-Additional Information Additional Information]
[#Abul Wáfa-Nomenclature Nomenclature]
[#Abul Wáfa-LPOD Articles LPOD Articles]
[#Abul Wáfa-Bibliography Bibliography]
left: AS16-M0625 . right. LROC . Abul Wáfa lies on bright terrain near King crater
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LPOD Photo Gallery Lunar Orbiter Images Apollo Images
Maps
Description
Wikipedia
Additional Information
- IAU page: Abul Wáfa
Nomenclature
- 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.
LPOD Articles
Bibliography
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