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Azophi (crater)

{{Short description|Crater on the Moon}}

{{Infobox Lunar crater

| image = Azophi-IV96-H1.jpg

| image_size = | caption = Lunar Orbiter 4 image of Azophi crater

| coordinates = {{coord|22.1|S|12.7|E|globe:moon_type:landmark|display=inline,title}}

| diameter = 47 km

| depth = 3.7 km

| colong = 348

| eponym = Al Sufi (Azophi)

}}

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Azophi is a lunar impact crater that lies in the rugged south-central highlands of the Moon. The crater is named after the 10th-century Persian astronomer Abd Al-Rahman Al Sufi, also known by his western name, Azophi.{{gpn|524}} The northwest rim is attached to the slightly smaller crater Abenezra, to the east-southeast is the large and irregular Sacrobosco, and to the west-southwest is Playfair.

The wide outer rim of Azophi has a somewhat polygonal shape with rounded corners. The edge is relatively sharp and cleft-like. The rim is not significantly worn or impacted by smaller craters, with the exception of Azophi C, which lies on the inner northeast wall. The interior floor lacks a central peak and is only marked by a few small craterlets.

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 Azophi.

class="wikitable"

!width="25%" style="background:#eeeeee;" |Azophi

!width="25%" style="background:#eeeeee;" |Latitude

!width="25%" style="background:#eeeeee;" |Longitude

!width="25%" style="background:#eeeeee;" |Diameter

align="center"|A

|align="center"|24.4° S

|align="center"|11.2° E

|align="center"|29 km

align="center"|B

|align="center"|23.6° S

|align="center"|10.6° E

|align="center"|19 km

align="center"|C

|align="center"|21.8° S

|align="center"|13.1° E

|align="center"|5 km

align="center"|D

|align="center"|24.3° S

|align="center"|13.4° E

|align="center"|9 km

align="center"|E

|align="center"|23.5° S

|align="center"|13.8° E

|align="center"|5 km

align="center"|F

|align="center"|22.2° S

|align="center"|13.9° E

|align="center"|6 km

align="center"|G

|align="center"|23.9° S

|align="center"|12.3° E

|align="center"|53 km

align="center"|H

|align="center"|25.5° S

|align="center"|11.8° E

|align="center"|21 km

align="center"|J

|align="center"|21.2° S

|align="center"|13.1° E

|align="center"|8 km

See also

References

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| date = 1982

| title = NASA Catalogue of Lunar Nomenclature

| publisher = NASA RP-1097

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| author-link2 = Paul Spudis

| date = 2004

| title = The Clementine Atlas of the Moon

| publisher = Cambridge University Press

| location = New York

| isbn = 978-0-521-81528-4

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| last2 = Cocks

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| publisher = Tudor Publishers

| isbn = 978-0-936389-27-1

| url = https://archive.org/details/isbn_9780936389271

}}

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| last = McDowell

| first = Jonathan

| date = July 15, 2007

| url = http://host.planet4589.org/astro/lunar/

| title = Lunar Nomenclature

| publisher = Jonathan's Space Report

| access-date = 2007-10-24

}}

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| first = Patrick

| last = Moore

| author-link = Patrick Moore

| date = 2001

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| first = Fred W.

| last = Price

| date = 1988

| title = The Moon Observer's Handbook

| publisher = Cambridge University Press

| isbn = 978-0-521-33500-3

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| last = Rükl

| first = Antonín

| author-link = Antonín Rükl

| date = 1990

| title = Atlas of the Moon

| publisher = Kalmbach Books

| isbn = 978-0-913135-17-4

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| last = Webb

| first = Rev. T. W.

| author-link = Thomas William Webb

| date = 1962

| title = Celestial Objects for Common Telescopes

| edition = 6th revised

| publisher = Dover

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}}

  • {{cite book

| first = Ewen A.

| last = Whitaker

| author-link = Ewen Whitaker

| date = 1999

| title = Mapping and Naming the Moon

| publisher = Cambridge University Press

| isbn = 978-0-521-62248-6

}}

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| first = Peter T.

| last = Wlasuk

| date = 2000

| title = Observing the Moon

| publisher = Springer

| isbn = 978-1-85233-193-1

}}

{{refend}}

External links

{{Commons category}}

  • [https://the-moon.us/wiki/Azophi Azophi at The Moon Wiki]
  • {{cite web| last = Wood | first = Chuck | date = January 5, 2007 | url = http://www.lpod.org/?m=20070105 | title = Sacrebleu, No Sacrobosco | publisher = Lunar Photo of the Day |url-status = dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110614233616/http://www.lpod.org/?m=20070105|archive-date=June 14, 2011}}

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