Ibn Bajja is a small
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impact crater located about 199k km (62 mi) from the south pole of the Moon. The ridge north of Ibn Bajja is part of the elevated rim encircling the depressed area containing
Cabeus
Cabeus is a lunar impact crater that is located about from the south pole of the Moon. At this location the crater is seen obliquely from Earth, and it is almost perpetually in deep shadow due to lack of sunlight. Hence, not much detail can be ...
.
Previously unnamed, this crater, along with 18 others, was named in 2009 by the International Astronomical Union (
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). It was named for
Ibn Bajja
Abū Bakr Muḥammad ibn Yaḥyà ibn aṣ-Ṣā’igh at-Tūjībī ibn Bājja ( ar, أبو بكر محمد بن يحيى بن الصائغ التجيبي بن باجة), best known by his Latinised name Avempace (; – 1138), was an A ...
(c. 1095–1138), a Spanish-Arab astronomer and philosopher.
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Impact craters on the Moon
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