Albategnius (crater)
| General Characteristics | |
|---|---|
| Latitude | 11.2° S |
| Longitude | 4.1° E |
| Diameter | 129 km |
| Depth | 4.4 km |
| Selenographic Colongitude | 356° at sunrise |
| Name Source | Muhammed ben Geber al Batani |
This is an ancient lunar impact crater located in the central highlands. The level interior forms a wall plain surrounded by a high, terraced rim. The outer wall is somewhat hexagon-shaped, and has been heavily eroded with impacts, valleys and landslips. It attains a height above 4,000 meters along the northeast face. The rim is broken in the southwest by the smaller Klein crater.
Albategnius is located to the south of the Hipparchus crater and to the east of Ptolemaeus and Alphonsus craters. The surface in this area is marked by a set of nearly parallel scars that form channels running roughly in a north-south line, bent slightly to the southeast.
The Albategnius crater is believed to have been featured prominently in an early sketch drawing by Galileo in his book Sidereus Nuncius published in 1610.
Associated 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 Albategnius crater.
| Albategnius | Latitude | Longitude | Diameter |
|---|---|---|---|
| A | 8.9° S | 3.2° E | 7 km |
| B | 10.0° S | 4.0° E | 20 km |
| C | 10.3° S | 3.7° E | 6 km |
| D | 11.3° S | 7.1° E | 9 km |
| E | 12.9° S | 6.4° E | 14 km |
| G | 9.4° S | 1.9° E | 15 km |
| H | 9.7° S | 5.2° E | 11 km |
| J | 11.1° S | 6.2° E | 7 km |
| K | 9.9° S | 2.0° E | 10 km |
| L | 12.1° S | 6.3° E | 8 km |
| M | 8.9° S | 4.2° E | 9 km |
| N | 9.8° S | 4.5° E | 9 km |
| O | 13.2° S | 4.2° E | 5 km |
| P | 12.9° S | 4.5° E | 5 km |
| S | 13.3° S | 6.1° E | 6 km |
| T | 12.6° S | 6.1° E | 9 km |