Al-Jāhiz is a crater on Mercury. It has a diameter of 83 kilometers. Its name was proposed by astrophysicist David Morrison and adopted by the International Astronomical Union (IAU) in 1976. Al-Jāhiz is named for the Arab writer Al-Jahiz, who died in Basra, Iraq, in 869 C.E.
Lu Hsun crater is southwest of Al-Jāhiz.
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