On the Moon, some craters are named after some famous Arab or Islamic scientists. Please find below a list of some Arab & Islamic crater-names on the Moon. No. Name Arabic Name Arabic Name Latitude Longitude Dia(Km) 01 Abul Wafa Abu al-Wafa 1 N 117 E 55 02 Abulfeda Abu al-Feda' 14 S 14 E 65 03 Al-Bakri Al-Bakri 14 N 20 E 12 04 Al-Biruni Al-Biruni 18 N 93 E 77 05 Al-Khwarizmi Al-Khwarizmi 7 N 106 E 65 06 Al-Marrakushi Al-Marrakushi 10 S 56 E 8 07 Albategnius Al-Battani 12 S 4 E 114 08 Alfraganus Al-Farghani 5 S 19 E 20 09 Alhazen Al-Hasan Ibn al-Haytham 16 N 72 E 32 10 Almanon Al-Ma'mun 17 S 15 E 49 11 Alpetragius Al-Bitruji 16 S 5 W 39 12 Arzachel Al-Zarqalluh 18 S 2 W 96 13 Avicenna Ibn Sina 40 N 97 W 74 14 Azophi Al-Sufi 22 S 13 E 47 15 Geber Jabir Ibn Aflah 19 S 14 E 44 16 Ibn Battuta Ibn Battutah 7 S 50 E 11 17 Ibn Firnas Ibn Firnas 7 N 122 E 89 18 Ibn Yunus Ibn Yunus 14 N 91 E 58 19 Ibn-Rushd Ibn Rushd 12 S 22 E 32 20 Messala Ma-Sha' Allah al-Basri 39 N 61 E 125 21 Nasireddin Nasir al-Din al-Tusi 41 S 0 E 52 22 Omar Khayyam Omar al-Khayyam 58 N 102 W 70 23 Thebit Thabit Ibn Qurrah 22 S 4 W 56 24 Ulugh Beigh Ulugh Bek 33 N 82 W 54 • The above list was revised by Prof. Paul Kunitzsch. • If you know other Arab or Islamic crater-names, would you kindly inform us about them.
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