Stiborius (moon crater)

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Stiborius
Stiborius - LROC - WAC.JPG
Stiborius ( LROC -WAC)
Stiborius (moon equatorial region)
Stiborius
position 34.51 °  S , 31.99 °  O coordinates: 34 ° 30 '36 "  S , 31 ° 59' 24"  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

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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 .

List of side craters of Stiborius
Letter position diameter link
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

Individual evidence

  1. ^ John E. Westfall: Atlas of the Lunar Terminator. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge et al. 2000, ISBN 0-521-59002-7 .