Stiborius (crater)

{{Short description|Crater on the Moon}}

{{Infobox Lunar crater

| image = Stibonus crater 4076 h3.jpg

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| caption = Lunar Orbiter 4 image

| coordinates = {{coord|34.4|S|32.0|E|globe:moon_type:landmark|display=inline,title}}

| diameter = 44 km

| depth = 3.7 km

| colong = 329

| eponym = Andreas Stöberl

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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.{{cite book | first=Antonín | last=Rükl | authorlink=Antonín Rükl | date=1990 | title=Atlas of the Moon | publisher=Kalmbach Books | isbn=0-913135-17-8 }} It is from the Upper Imbrian period, 3.8 to 3.2 billion years ago.[https://pubs.er.usgs.gov/publication/pp1348 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.

It is named after Andreas Stöberl, a 15th-century philosopher, theologian, and astronomer.{{gpn|5706}}