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Stiborius (crater)

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Crater on the Moon Feature on the moon
Stiborius
Lunar Orbiter 4 image
Coordinates34°24′S 32°00′E / 34.4°S 32.0°E / -34.4; 32.0
Diameter44 km
Depth3.7 km
Colongitude329° at sunrise
EponymAndreas Stöberl

Stiborius is a lunar impact crater that lies to the south-southwest of the crater Piccolomini, in the southeastern quadrant of the Moon's near side. To the south-southwest of Stiborius is the smaller Wöhler. Stiborius is 44 kilometers in diameter and 3.7 kilometers deep.

The rim of this crater is well-defined with little appearance of erosion. It is roughly circular in form, but has a prominent outward bulge to the northeast where the side has slumped into the interior. There is a terrace-like shelf along the southeastern and northern inner walls. The interior floor is somewhat irregular, and there is a low central peak at the midpoint that is connected to the northeastern wall by a low ridge. It is from the Upper Imbrian period, 3.8 to 3.2 billion years ago. It is named after Andreas Stöberl, a 15th-century philosopher, theologian, and astronomer.

Satellite craters

Stiborius crater and its satellite craters taken from Earth in 2012 at the University of Hertfordshire's Bayfordbury Observatory with the telescopes Meade LX200 14" and Lumenera Skynyx 2-1

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

Stiborius Latitude Longitude Diameter
A 36.9° S 35.5° E 32 km
B 37.3° S 33.5° E 9 km
C 33.9° S 33.3° E 22 km
D 33.4° S 35.7° E 18 km
E 34.8° S 34.1° E 15 km
F 35.7° S 32.4° E 8 km
G 37.3° S 35.7° E 10 km
J 36.1° S 35.6° E 10 km
K 35.5° S 34.6° E 16 km
L 35.0° S 33.5° E 10 km
M 35.5° S 32.8° E 7 km
N 36.3° S 32.9° E 9 km
P 33.2° S 34.0° E 6 km

References

  1. ^ Autostar Suite Astronomer Edition. CD-ROM. Meade, April 2006.
  2. Rükl, Antonín (1990). Atlas of the Moon. Kalmbach Books. ISBN 0-913135-17-8.
  3. The geologic history of the Moon. USGS Professional Paper 1348. By Don E. Wilhelms, John F. McCauley, and Newell J. Trask. U.S. Government Printing Office, Washington: 1987. Table 11.2.
  4. "Stiborius (crater)". Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature. USGS Astrogeology Research Program.
  5. Bussey, B.; Spudis, P. (2004). The Clementine Atlas of the Moon. New York: Cambridge University Press. ISBN 0-521-81528-2.

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