Al-Bakri (crater)
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Al-Bakri (Arabic: البكري) is a small lunar impact crater on the northwest edge of Mare Tranquillitatis. It is named after the Spanish Arab geographer and historian Abu Abdullah al-Bakri.[1] It is just south of the eastern arm of the Montes Haemus that borders the Mare Serenitatis to the north. To the east-northeast is the prominent crater Plinius. South of the crater are the rilles of the Rimae Maclear.
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Coordinates | 14.3°N 20.2°E / 14.3; 20.2 |
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Diameter | 12 km |
Depth | 1.0 km |
Colongitude | 340° at sunrise |
Eponym | Abu Abdullah al-Bakri |
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Al-Bakri was designated Tacquet A prior to being assigned a name by the IAU. The tiny Tacquet lies to the northwest on the Mare Serenitatis.