Stiborius is a

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impact crater that lies to the south-southwest of the crater Piccolomini, in the southeastern quadrant of the

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's near side. To the south-southwest of Stiborius is the smaller

Wöhler Wöhler may refer to: ; People * August Wöhler (1819–1914), German engineer * Cordula Wöhler (1845–1916), German writer and hymnwriter * Friedrich Wöhler (1800–1882), German chemist * Otto Wöhler (1894 in Burgwedel – 1987 in Burgwe ...

. 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

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-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

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period, 3.8 to 3.2 billion years ago. It is named after

Andreas Stöberl Andreas Stöberl (c. 1464 Grössing, Helmuth: "Stiborius, Andreas", pp.261f. in Henschel, Christine; Jahn, Bruno (eds.): ''Killy Literaturlexikon'' Vol 11: Si–Vi, 2nd ed.; de Gruyter 2011, . in Pleiskirchen near Altötting – September ...

, 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.

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