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    Azophi is a lunar impact crater that lies in the rugged south-central highlands of the Moon. The crater is named after the 10th-century Persian astronomer...
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    of the crater Apianus, and to the southwest of the Abenezra–Azophi crater pair. This crater is oval in shape, being slightly wider along the east–west...
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  • the crater and the person the crater is named for. Where a crater formation has associated satellite craters, these are detailed on the main crater description...
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    Abd al-Rahman al-Sufi (redirect from Azophi)
    including Ulugh Beg who was both a prince and astronomer. The lunar crater Azophi and the minor planet 12621 Alsufi are named after Al-Ṣūfī.[citation...
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    Ezra. It is attached along the southeast rim to the crater Azophi. To the northeast lies the crater Geber, and further to the southeast is the larger Sacrobosco...
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    halfway between the crater Almanon to the north-northeast and the crater pair of Azophi and Abenezra to the south-southwest. Farther to the southeast is...
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    in the northeast. To the northwest of Sacrobosco is the double crater Abenezra and Azophi. To the east-northeast is Fermat, and to the south-southwest lies...
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    Almanon is a lunar impact crater that lies in the rugged highlands in the south-central region of the Moon. It was named after Abbasid Caliph and astronomer...
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  • the Minor Planet Center on 22 January 2008 (M.P.C. 61764). The lunar crater Azophi is also named in his honour. "JPL Small-Body Database Browser: 12621...
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    incorporated star and constellation names from the work of the Arab astronomer Azophi (Abd al-Rahman al-Sufi AD 903–986). Apianus is also remembered for publishing...
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  • 12620 12621 Alsufi 6585 P-L The Persian astronomer Abd al-Rahman al-Sufi (Azophi; 903–986) worked in Isfahan. His influential star atlas, completed around...
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    Shapes of Stars) is an astronomical text written by Abd al-Rahman al-Sufi (Azophi) around 964. Following the translation movement in the 9th century AD, the...
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    Persian astronomer 'Abd al-Rahman al-Sufi Shirazi (later known in Europe as "Azophi"), which he referred to as Al Bakr, the White Ox, in his Book of Fixed Stars...
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    recovery of Aristotle for medieval European scholars. Abd al-Rahman al-Sufi (Azophi) carried out observations on the stars and described their positions, magnitudes...
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  • 11762 Vogel (Hermann Carl Vogel) 12621 Alsufi (Abd al-Rahman al-Sufi / Azophi, Persian astronomer) 12742 Delisle (Joseph-Nicolas Delisle) 14124 Kamil...
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