Azophi (crater)

Azophi
Lunar Orbiter 4 image of Azophi crater
Coordinates 22°06′S 12°42′E / 22.1°S 12.7°E / -22.1; 12.7Coordinates: 22°06′S 12°42′E / 22.1°S 12.7°E / -22.1; 12.7
Diameter 47 km
Depth 3.7 km
Colongitude 348° at sunrise
Eponym Al Sufi (Azophi)
Lunar Orbiter 4 image of Azophi crater (lower right) and Abenezra crater (upper left)
Oblique photo of Abenezra (right) and Azophi (left) from Apollo 14

Azophi is a lunar impact crater that lies in the rugged south-central highlands of the Moon. 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 the slightly crater 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 tiny craterlets.

Names

The crater is named after the 10th-century Persian astronomer Abd Al-Rahman Al Sufi, also known by his western name, Azophi, it was given its name by Giovanni Riccioli, whose 1651 nomenclature system has become standardized.[1][2] Earlier lunar cartographers had given the feature different names. Michael van Langren's 1645 map calls it "Mersenni",[1] his map were map slightly apart from the other crater which he called "Schyrlei", now Abenezra[3] And Johannes Hevelius called it "Antitaurus" after the mountains of the ancient world.[1][4]

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.

Azophi Latitude Longitude Diameter
A 24.4° S 11.2° E 29 km
B 23.6° S 10.6° E 19 km
C 21.8° S 13.1° E 5 km
D 24.3° S 13.4° E 9 km
E 23.5° S 13.8° E 5 km
F 22.2° S 13.9° E 6 km
G 23.9° S 12.3° E 53 km
H 25.5° S 11.8° E 21 km
J 21.2° S 13.1° E 8 km

See also

Notes

  1. 1 2 3 Ewen A. Whitaker, Mapping and Naming the Moon (Cambridge University Press, 1999).
  2. ↑ Riccioli map of the Moon (1651)
  3. ↑ Langrenus map of the Moon (1645)
  4. ↑ Hevelius map of the Moon (1647)

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Related article

  • Wood, Chuck (January 5, 2007). "Sacrebleu, No Sacrobosco". Lunar Photo of the Day. Archived from the original on November 15, 2017.
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