Stiborius_(crater)

Stiborius (crater)

Stiborius (crater)

Crater on the Moon

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.[1]

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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.[2] It is from the Upper Imbrian period, 3.8 to 3.2 billion years ago.[3] It is named after Andreas Stöberl, a 15th-century philosopher, theologian, and astronomer.[1][4]

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.[5]

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References

  1. [1]
    Autostar Suite Astronomer Edition. CD-ROM. Meade, April 2006.
  2. [2]
    Rükl, Antonín (1990). Atlas of the Moon. Kalmbach Books. ISBN 0-913135-17-8.
  3. [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. [4]
    "Stiborius (crater)". Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature. USGS Astrogeology Research Program.
  5. [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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