Stiborius (moon crater)
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Stiborius ( LROC -WAC) | ||
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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 .