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Abulfeda Crater
Abulfeda Crater
NASA Image
Diameter62 km
Depth3.1 km
Colongitude346° at sunrise
EponymIsmael Abul-fida

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 Syrian-born moslem historian Ismael Abul-fida.[1][2][3][4][5][6][7][8][9]

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.[9][10]

Satellite craters

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.[11]

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

  1. ^ Biographical Dictionary of the Archival and Documentation Site on Muslims
  2. ^ Abul Fida Ismail Hamvi
  3. ^ Abu al Fida
  4. ^ Abu al Fida
  5. ^ Britannica-Abu-al-Fida
  6. ^ Encyclopedia of the History of Science, Technology and Medicine in Non-Western Cultures, (edited by) Helaine Selin, pp. 7-8, Kluwer Academic Publishers, Netherlands, 1997
  7. ^ Entry on "Abulfeda" in the 11th edition of Encyclopedia Britannica
  8. ^ Identifiants et Référentiels Sudoc Pour L'Enseignement Supérieur et la Recherche - Abū al-Fidā (1273-1331) Template:Fr
  9. ^ a b Autostar Suite Astronomer Edition. CD-ROM. Meade, April 2006.
  10. ^ Moore, Patrick (2001). On the Moon. Sterling Publishing Co.. ISBN 0-304-35469-4. p.207
  11. ^ Bussey, B.; Spudis, P., (2004). The Clementine Atlas of the Moon. New York: Cambridge University Press. ISBN 0-521-81528-2.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: extra punctuation (link) CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)