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.Autostar Suite Astronomer Edition. CD-ROM. Meade, April 2006.
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
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 LatitudeLongitudeDiameterA36.9° S35.5° E32 kmB37.3° S33.5° E9 kmC33.9° S33.3° E22 kmD33.4° S35.7° E18 kmE34.8° S34.1° E15 kmF35.7° S32.4° E8 kmG37.3° S35.7° E10 kmJ36.1° S35.6° E10 kmK35.5° S34.6° E16 kmL35.0° S33.5° E10 kmM35.5° S32.8° E7 kmN36.3° S32.9° E9 kmP33.2° S34.0° E6 km
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