Avicenna

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Not who you're looking for? Others named Avicenna: Persian polymath, physician and philosopher (c. 980–1037)

Avicenna is a lunar impact crater that lies on the far side of the Moon, just beyond the western limb on the northern rim of the Lorentz basin. It lies to the north-northwest of the larger crater Nernst, and to the southeast of Bragg.

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Avicenna is a lunar impact crater that lies on the far side of the Moon, just beyond the western limb on the northern rim of the Lorentz basin. It lies to the north-northwest of the larger crater Nernst, and to the southeast of Bragg.

This formation dates to the Pre-Nectarian period on the lunar geologic timescale. Much of the northern half of Avicenna has been obliterated by subsequent, overlapping impacts. The southern and southeastern rim is worn and eroded, but the outline can still be discerned. There is a small crater lying across the southern rim, although this formation is equally worn. Several small craters lie across the southern extent of Avicenna's floor.

This crater is named after Persian physician Ibn Sina (980–1037), known in the West as Avicenna. Prior to formal naming by the IAU in 1970, Avicenna was called Crater 180.

Satellite craters

By convention these features are identified on lunar maps by placing the letter on the side of the crater midpoint that is closest to Avicenna.

Article from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0), where it is maintained by volunteer editors.

Notable quotes

“An ignorant doctor is the aide-de-camp of death.”
— As quoted in Familiar Medical Quotations (1968) by Maurice B. Strauss
“God, the supreme being, is neither circumscribed by space, nor touched by time; he cannot be found in a particular direction, and his essence cannot change. The secret conversation is thus entirely spiritual; it is a direct encounter between God and the soul, abstracted from all material constraints.”
— As quoted in 366 Readings From Islam (2000), edited by Robert Van der Weyer
“Religious law makes it illegal for the ignorant to drink wine, but intelligence makes it legal for the intellectual.”
— As quoted in Jason Goodwin, "The Glory That Was Baghdad", The Wilson Quarterly, vol. 27, no. 2 (2003), p. 27

Quotes via Wikiquote (CC BY-SA), each with its original source.

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Avicenna is a lunar impact crater that lies on the far side of the Moon, just beyond the western limb on the northern rim of the Lorentz basin. It lies to the north-northwest of the larger crater Nernst, and to the southeast of Bragg.

This formation dates to the Pre-Nectarian period on the lunar geologic timescale. Much of the northern half of Avicenna has been obliterated by subsequent, overlapping impacts. The southern and southeastern rim is worn and eroded, but the outline can still be discerned. There is a small crater lying across the southern rim, although this formation is equally worn. Several small craters lie across the southern extent of Avicenna's floor.

This crater is named after Persian physician Ibn Sina (980–1037), known in the West as Avicenna. Prior to formal naming by the IAU in 1970, Avicenna was called Crater 180.

Satellite craters

By convention these features are identified on lunar maps by placing the letter on the side of the crater midpoint that is closest to Avicenna.

Article from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0), where it is maintained by volunteer editors.

Not who you're looking for? Others named Avicenna: Persian polymath, physician and philosopher (c. 980–1037)

Notable quotes

“An ignorant doctor is the aide-de-camp of death.”
— As quoted in Familiar Medical Quotations (1968) by Maurice B. Strauss
“God, the supreme being, is neither circumscribed by space, nor touched by time; he cannot be found in a particular direction, and his essence cannot change. The secret conversation is thus entirely spiritual; it is a direct encounter between God and the soul, abstracted from all material constraints.”
— As quoted in 366 Readings From Islam (2000), edited by Robert Van der Weyer
“Religious law makes it illegal for the ignorant to drink wine, but intelligence makes it legal for the intellectual.”
— As quoted in Jason Goodwin, "The Glory That Was Baghdad", The Wilson Quarterly, vol. 27, no. 2 (2003), p. 27

Quotes via Wikiquote (CC BY-SA), each with its original source.

Avicenna is a lunar impact crater that lies on the far side of the Moon, just beyond the western limb on the northern rim of the Lorentz basin. It lies to the north-northwest of the larger crater Nernst, and to the southeast of Bragg.