Stiborius (moon crater)
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| position | 34.51 ° S , 31.99 ° O | |
| diameter | 44 km | |
| depth | 3750 m | |
| Card sheet | 113 (PDF) | |
| Type | TRI | |
| Named after | Andreas Stiborius (1470-1515) | |
| Named since | 1935 | |
| Unless otherwise stated, the information comes from the entry in the IAU / USGS database | ||
Stiborius is an impact crater south of the lunar front , south of Mare Nectaris , east of Lindenau crater and south of Piccolomini . The crater is relatively little eroded, irregularly shaped and shows traces of landslides and a central mountain on the inside .
| Letter | position | diameter | link |
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| A. | 36.92 ° S , 35.53 ° O | 32 km | [1] |
| B. | 37.37 ° S , 33.48 ° O | 10 km | [2] |
| C. | 33.99 ° S , 33.25 ° O | 20 km | [3] |
| D. | 33.39 ° S , 35.57 ° O | 16 km | [4] |
| E. | 34.75 ° S , 34.03 ° E | 14 km | [5] |
| F. | 35.81 ° S , 32.38 ° O | 8 kilometers | [6] |
| G | 37.33 ° S , 35.77 ° O | 9 km | [7] |
| J | 36.08 ° S , 35.54 ° O | 9 km | [8th] |
| K | 35.58 ° S , 34.52 ° O | 15 km | [9] |
| L. | 34.99 ° S , 33.33 ° O | 8 kilometers | [10] |
| M. | 35.48 ° S , 32.69 ° O | 7 km | [11] |
| N | 36.39 ° S , 32.83 ° O | 9 km | [12] |
| P | 33.23 ° S , 33.88 ° O | 6 km | [13] |
The crater was officially named by the IAU in 1935 after the German astronomer and mathematician Andreas Stiborius .
Web links
- Stiborius in the Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature of the IAU (WGPSN) / USGS
- Stiborius on The-Moon Wiki
Individual evidence
- ^ John E. Westfall: Atlas of the Lunar Terminator. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge et al. 2000, ISBN 0-521-59002-7 .