Avicenna

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

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)

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 DannyCaes Feb 12, 2014

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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