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{{Short description|Lunar impact crater}}
{{lunar crater data|
{{Use dmy dates|date=August 2024}}
latitude=13.8|
{{Infobox Lunar crater
N_or_S=S|
| name = Abulfeda Crater
longitude=13.9|
| image = Abulfeda crater 4089 h2.jpg
E_or_W=E|
| image_size =
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diameter=62 km|
| caption = [[Lunar Orbiter 4]] image
depth=3.1 km|
| coordinates = {{coord|13.8|S|13.9|E|globe:moon_type:landmark|display=inline,title}}
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colong=346|
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| diameter = 62 km
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eponym=[[Ismael Abul-fida]]}}
| depth = 3.1 km
'''Abulfeda''' is a [[moon|lunar]] [[impact crater]] located in the central highlands of the [[Moon]]. To the northeast is [[Descartes (crater)|Descartes crater]], and to the south-southeast is [[Almanon (crater)|Almanon crater]]. A chain of craters named the ''Catena Abulfeda'' runs between the southern rim of Abulfeda and the north rim of Almanon, then continues for a length of 210 [[kilometer]]s across the ''[[Rupes Altai]]''.
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| colong = 346
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| eponym = [[Ismael Abul-fida]]
}}
[[image:Abulfeda crater LRO WAC.jpg|thumb|right|[[Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter|LRO]] WAC mosaic]]
[[Image:crater.descartes.png|thumb|right|Abulfeda and Descartes craters<br><small>NASA Image</small>]]


'''Abulfeda''' is a [[lunar crater|lunar]] [[impact crater]] located in the central highlands of the [[Moon]]. To the northeast is the crater [[Descartes (crater)|Descartes]], and to the south-southeast is [[Almanon (crater)|Almanon]]. To the north is the crater [[Dollond (crater)|Dollond]]. A chain of craters named the [[Catena Abulfeda]] runs between the southern rim of Abulfeda and the north rim of Almanon, then continues for a length of 210 kilometers across the [[Rupes Altai]]. The crater was named for 14th century [[Kurds|Kurdish]] [[historian]] [[Ismael Abul-fida]].<ref>{{gpn|23|Abulfeda}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.salaam.co.uk/knowledge/biography/viewentry.php?id=153 |title=Biographical Dictionary of the Archival and Documentation Site on Muslims |access-date=2012-09-01 |archive-date=2010-09-10 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100910101324/http://www.salaam.co.uk/knowledge/biography/viewentry.php?id=153 |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref>[http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/2079/Abu-al-Fida Abu-al-Fida] at Encyclopaedia Britannica</ref><ref>{{cite book|author=Helaine Selin|title=Encyclopaedia of the History of Science, Technology, and Medicine in Non-Western Cultures|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=raKRY3KQspsC&pg=PA7|year=1997|publisher=Springer Science & Business Media|location=Netherlands|isbn=978-0-7923-4066-9|pages=7–8}}</ref><ref>[http://www.idref.fr/026676869 Identifiants et Référentiels Sudoc Pour L'Enseignement Supérieur et la Recherche - Abū al-Fidā (1273-1331)] {{in lang|fr}}</ref><ref name="a">''Autostar Suite Astronomer Edition''. CD-ROM. Meade, April 2006.</ref>
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Both the south and northeast sides of the crater rim are overlain by multiple small craterlets. The inner wall is noticeably wider in the east, and shallow and worn to the north. The crater floor has been resurfaced, either by ''ejecta'' from the [[Mare Imbrium]] or by [[basalt]]ic [[lava]], and is relatively smooth and featureless. The crater lacks a central rise at the mid-point, which may have been buried. The inner sides appear to have been somewhat smoothed down, most likely as a result of minor bombardment and seismic shaking from other impacts in the vicinity.


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Both the south and northeast sides of the crater rim are overlain by multiple small craterlets. The inner wall is noticeably wider in the east, and shallow and worn to the north. The crater floor has been resurfaced, either by ''ejecta'' from the [[Mare Imbrium]] or by [[basalt]]ic [[lava]], and is relatively smooth and featureless. The crater lacks a central rise at the midpoint, which may have been buried. The inner sides appear to have been somewhat smoothed down, most likely as a result of minor bombardment and seismic shaking from other impacts in the vicinity.<ref name="a"/><ref>Moore, Patrick (2001). ''On the Moon''. Sterling Publishing Co.. {{ISBN|0-304-35469-4}}. p.207</ref>

Abulfeda is a crater of [[Nectarian]] age.<ref>[https://pubs.er.usgs.gov/publication/pp1348 The geologic history of the Moon]. [[USGS]] Professional Paper 1348. By [[Don Wilhelms|Don E. Wilhelms]], John F. McCauley, and Newell J. Trask. U.S. Government Printing Office, Washington: 1987. Table 9-4.</ref>

A crater chain along the southern rim of Abulfeda was considered for a landing site of an early [[Apollo program|Apollo]] mission, primarily because it was considered to be a typical highland site, and at the time, crater chains were thought to possibly be volcanic in nature (rather than of impact origin).<ref>[[Farouk El-Baz|El-Baz, Farouk]], 1968. ''Geologoic Characteristics of the Nine Lunar Landing Mission Sites Recommended by the Group for Lunar Exploration Planing''. Bellcomm, Inc. TR-68-340-1.</ref>
[[File:Theophilus-Nectaris zone Si.jpg|left|thumb|295x295px|Selenochromatic Image (Si) of the crater area]]
==Satellite craters==
==Satellite craters==
By convention these features are identified on lunar maps by placing the letter on the side of the crater mid-point that is closest to Abulfeda crater.
By convention these features are identified on lunar maps by placing the letter on the side of the crater midpoint that is closest to Abulfeda.<ref>{{cite book
| author=Bussey, B.
| author-link=Ben Bussey
| author2=Spudis, P.
| author2-link=Paul Spudis
| date=2004 | title=The Clementine Atlas of the Moon
| publisher=[[Cambridge University Press]] | location=New York
| isbn=0-521-81528-2 }}</ref>


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|align="center"|16.4° S
|align="center"|16.4° S
|align="center"|10.8° E
|align="center"|10.8° E
|align="center"|14 km
|align="center"|14&nbsp;km
|-
|-
|align="center"|B
|align="center"|B
|align="center"|14.5° S
|align="center"|14.5° S
|align="center"|16.4° E
|align="center"|16.4° E
|align="center"|15 km
|align="center"|15&nbsp;km
|-
|-
|align="center"|BA
|align="center"|BA
|align="center"|14.6° S
|align="center"|14.6° S
|align="center"|16.8° E
|align="center"|16.8° E
|align="center"|13 km
|align="center"|13&nbsp;km
|-
|-
|align="center"|C
|align="center"|C
|align="center"|12.8° S
|align="center"|12.8° S
|align="center"|10.9° E
|align="center"|10.9° E
|align="center"|17 km
|align="center"|17&nbsp;km
|-
|-
|align="center"|D
|align="center"|D
|align="center"|13.2° S
|align="center"|13.2° S
|align="center"|9.5° E
|align="center"|9.5° E
|align="center"|20 km
|align="center"|20&nbsp;km
|-
|-
|align="center"|E
|align="center"|E
|align="center"|16.7° S
|align="center"|16.7° S
|align="center"|10.2° E
|align="center"|10.2° E
|align="center"|6 km
|align="center"|6&nbsp;km
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|-
|align="center"|F
|align="center"|F
|align="center"|16.2° S
|align="center"|16.2° S
|align="center"|13.0° E
|align="center"|13.0° E
|align="center"|13 km
|align="center"|13&nbsp;km
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|-
|align="center"|G
|align="center"|G
|align="center"|13.1° S
|align="center"|13.1° S
|align="center"|9.0° E
|align="center"|9.0° E
|align="center"|7 km
|align="center"|7&nbsp;km
|-
|-
|align="center"|H
|align="center"|H
|align="center"|13.8° S
|align="center"|13.8° S
|align="center"|9.6° E
|align="center"|9.6° E
|align="center"|5 km
|align="center"|5&nbsp;km
|-
|-
|align="center"|J
|align="center"|J
|align="center"|15.5° S
|align="center"|15.5° S
|align="center"|10.0° E
|align="center"|10.0° E
|align="center"|5 km
|align="center"|5&nbsp;km
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|-
|align="center"|K
|align="center"|K
|align="center"|14.9° S
|align="center"|14.9° S
|align="center"|10.6° E
|align="center"|10.6° E
|align="center"|10 km
|align="center"|10&nbsp;km
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|-
|align="center"|L
|align="center"|L
|align="center"|14.1° S
|align="center"|14.1° S
|align="center"|10.7° E
|align="center"|10.7° E
|align="center"|5 km
|align="center"|5&nbsp;km
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|-
|align="center"|M
|align="center"|M
|align="center"|16.2° S
|align="center"|16.2° S
|align="center"|12.1° E
|align="center"|12.1° E
|align="center"|10 km
|align="center"|10&nbsp;km
|-
|-
|align="center"|N
|align="center"|N
|align="center"|15.1° S
|align="center"|15.1° S
|align="center"|12.2° E
|align="center"|12.2° E
|align="center"|14 km
|align="center"|14&nbsp;km
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|-
|align="center"|O
|align="center"|O
|align="center"|15.4° S
|align="center"|15.4° S
|align="center"|11.2° E
|align="center"|11.2° E
|align="center"|7 km
|align="center"|7&nbsp;km
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|-
|align="center"|P
|align="center"|P
|align="center"|15.5° S
|align="center"|15.5° S
|align="center"|11.5° E
|align="center"|11.5° E
|align="center"|5 km
|align="center"|5&nbsp;km
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|-
|align="center"|Q
|align="center"|Q
|align="center"|12.8° S
|align="center"|12.8° S
|align="center"|12.3° E
|align="center"|12.3° E
|align="center"|3 km
|align="center"|3&nbsp;km
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|-
|align="center"|R
|align="center"|R
|align="center"|12.8° S
|align="center"|12.8° S
|align="center"|13.0° E
|align="center"|13.0° E
|align="center"|7 km
|align="center"|7&nbsp;km
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|-
|align="center"|S
|align="center"|S
|align="center"|12.2° S
|align="center"|12.2° S
|align="center"|13.3° E
|align="center"|13.3° E
|align="center"|5 km
|align="center"|5&nbsp;km
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|-
|align="center"|T
|align="center"|T
|align="center"|14.8° S
|align="center"|14.8° S
|align="center"|13.8° E
|align="center"|13.8° E
|align="center"|7 km
|align="center"|7&nbsp;km
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|-
|align="center"|U
|align="center"|U
|align="center"|13.0° S
|align="center"|13.0° S
|align="center"|13.8° E
|align="center"|13.8° E
|align="center"|6 km
|align="center"|6&nbsp;km
|-
|-
|align="center"|W
|align="center"|W
|align="center"|12.5° S
|align="center"|12.5° S
|align="center"|13.9° E
|align="center"|13.9° E
|align="center"|5 km
|align="center"|5&nbsp;km
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|-
|align="center"|X
|align="center"|X
|align="center"|15.0° S
|align="center"|15.0° S
|align="center"|14.0° E
|align="center"|14.0° E
|align="center"|6 km
|align="center"|6&nbsp;km
|-
|-
|align="center"|Y
|align="center"|Y
|align="center"|12.8° S
|align="center"|12.8° S
|align="center"|14.1° E
|align="center"|14.1° E
|align="center"|5 km
|align="center"|5&nbsp;km
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|-
|align="center"|Z
|align="center"|Z
|align="center"|14.7° S
|align="center"|14.7° S
|align="center"|15.2° E
|align="center"|15.2° E
|align="center"|5 km
|align="center"|5&nbsp;km
|}
|}


==References==
==References==
{{Reflist|30em}}
* {{Lunar crater references}}

==External links==
{{Commonscat}}
*[https://the-moon.us/wiki/Abulfeda Abulfeda at The Moon Wiki]
*[https://the-moon.us/wiki/Catena_Abulfeda Catena Abulfeda at The Moon Wiki]
*[http://lroc.sese.asu.edu/posts/571 Boulder or Crater?] - [[Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter]] page with images
* {{cite web | last = Wood | first = Chuck | date = 14 April 2005 | url = http://www.lpod.org/archive/LPOD-2005-04-14.htm | title = Boo! (Really Bu!) | publisher = Lunar Photo of the Day | access-date = 10 October 2017 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20180212163529/http://www.lpod.org/archive/LPOD-2005-04-14.htm | archive-date = 12 February 2018 | url-status = dead }}
* {{cite web| last = Wood | first = Chuck | date = 5 November 2006 | url = http://www.lpod.org/?m=20061105 | title = Not Quite A Rille | publisher = Lunar Photo of the Day |url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110614233616/http://www.lpod.org/?m=20061105|archive-date=14 June 2011}}
* {{cite web| last = Wood | first = Chuck | date = 8 November 2006 | url = http://www.lpod.org/?m=20061108| title = A Very Good Humility Lesson | publisher = Lunar Photo of the Day |url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110614233616/http://www.lpod.org/?m=20061108|archive-date=14 June 2011}}


[[Category:Craters on the Moon]]
{{Craters on the Moon: A–B}}


[[Category:Impact craters on the Moon]]
[[es:Abulfeda (cráter lunar)]]
[[it:Abulfeda (cratere)]]
[[ja:アブルフェーダ (クレーター)]]

Latest revision as of 15:01, 17 August 2024

Abulfeda Crater
Lunar Orbiter 4 image
Coordinates13°48′S 13°54′E / 13.8°S 13.9°E / -13.8; 13.9
Diameter62 km
Depth3.1 km
Colongitude346° at sunrise
EponymIsmael Abul-fida
LRO WAC mosaic
Abulfeda and Descartes craters
NASA Image

Abulfeda is a lunar impact crater located in the central highlands of the Moon. To the northeast is the crater Descartes, and to the south-southeast is Almanon. To the north is the crater Dollond. A chain of craters named the Catena Abulfeda runs between the southern rim of Abulfeda and the north rim of Almanon, then continues for a length of 210 kilometers across the Rupes Altai. The crater was named for 14th century Kurdish historian Ismael Abul-fida.[1][2][3][4][5][6]

Both the south and northeast sides of the crater rim are overlain by multiple small craterlets. The inner wall is noticeably wider in the east, and shallow and worn to the north. The crater floor has been resurfaced, either by ejecta from the Mare Imbrium or by basaltic lava, and is relatively smooth and featureless. The crater lacks a central rise at the midpoint, which may have been buried. The inner sides appear to have been somewhat smoothed down, most likely as a result of minor bombardment and seismic shaking from other impacts in the vicinity.[6][7]

Abulfeda is a crater of Nectarian age.[8]

A crater chain along the southern rim of Abulfeda was considered for a landing site of an early Apollo mission, primarily because it was considered to be a typical highland site, and at the time, crater chains were thought to possibly be volcanic in nature (rather than of impact origin).[9]

Selenochromatic Image (Si) of the crater area

Satellite craters

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By convention these features are identified on lunar maps by placing the letter on the side of the crater midpoint that is closest to Abulfeda.[10]

Abulfeda Latitude Longitude Diameter
A 16.4° S 10.8° E 14 km
B 14.5° S 16.4° E 15 km
BA 14.6° S 16.8° E 13 km
C 12.8° S 10.9° E 17 km
D 13.2° S 9.5° E 20 km
E 16.7° S 10.2° E 6 km
F 16.2° S 13.0° E 13 km
G 13.1° S 9.0° E 7 km
H 13.8° S 9.6° E 5 km
J 15.5° S 10.0° E 5 km
K 14.9° S 10.6° E 10 km
L 14.1° S 10.7° E 5 km
M 16.2° S 12.1° E 10 km
N 15.1° S 12.2° E 14 km
O 15.4° S 11.2° E 7 km
P 15.5° S 11.5° E 5 km
Q 12.8° S 12.3° E 3 km
R 12.8° S 13.0° E 7 km
S 12.2° S 13.3° E 5 km
T 14.8° S 13.8° E 7 km
U 13.0° S 13.8° E 6 km
W 12.5° S 13.9° E 5 km
X 15.0° S 14.0° E 6 km
Y 12.8° S 14.1° E 5 km
Z 14.7° S 15.2° E 5 km

References

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  1. ^ "Abulfeda". Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature. USGS Astrogeology Research Program.
  2. ^ "Biographical Dictionary of the Archival and Documentation Site on Muslims". Archived from the original on 10 September 2010. Retrieved 1 September 2012.
  3. ^ Abu-al-Fida at Encyclopaedia Britannica
  4. ^ Helaine Selin (1997). Encyclopaedia of the History of Science, Technology, and Medicine in Non-Western Cultures. Netherlands: Springer Science & Business Media. pp. 7–8. ISBN 978-0-7923-4066-9.
  5. ^ Identifiants et Référentiels Sudoc Pour L'Enseignement Supérieur et la Recherche - Abū al-Fidā (1273-1331) (in French)
  6. ^ a b Autostar Suite Astronomer Edition. CD-ROM. Meade, April 2006.
  7. ^ Moore, Patrick (2001). On the Moon. Sterling Publishing Co.. ISBN 0-304-35469-4. p.207
  8. ^ The geologic history of the Moon. USGS Professional Paper 1348. By Don E. Wilhelms, John F. McCauley, and Newell J. Trask. U.S. Government Printing Office, Washington: 1987. Table 9-4.
  9. ^ El-Baz, Farouk, 1968. Geologoic Characteristics of the Nine Lunar Landing Mission Sites Recommended by the Group for Lunar Exploration Planing. Bellcomm, Inc. TR-68-340-1.
  10. ^ Bussey, B.; Spudis, P. (2004). The Clementine Atlas of the Moon. New York: Cambridge University Press. ISBN 0-521-81528-2.
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