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Ibn Battuta (crater)

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than the surrounding mare, but the interior floor is the same dark shade as the exterior of the crater. There is a small crater on the floor near the western rim, but otherwise no significant markings.
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flows and now form ring-shaped projections in the surface. These are best observed under conditions of oblique lighting, when the terminator still lies on or near the Mare Fecunditatis.
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The crater is circular and symmetrical, with a wide interior floor. The sloping inner walls have a slightly higher
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This crater was formerly designated Goclenius A before being given its current name by the
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The mare to the south and west of Ibn Battuta contains a number of
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formations, consisting of crater rims that have been submerged by
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Index

Ibn Battuta
Ibn Battuta (disambiguation)

Apollo 15
Coordinates
6°54′S 50°24′E / 6.9°S 50.4°E / -6.9; 50.4
Diameter
Colongitude
Eponym
Ibn Battuta

Apollo 16
lunar
impact crater
Mare Fecunditatis
lunar mare
Moon
Lindbergh
Goclenius
albedo
ghost crater
lava
IAU
Ibn Battuta
"Ibn Battuta (crater)"
Whitaker, E. A.
NASA
Bussey, B.
Spudis, P.
Cambridge University Press

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