Craterra

Lunar Far Side

An Eroded Far-Side Crater Overlapping Birkhoff

Spanning 129.74 kilometers across the lunar far side, Stebbins sits across the northern rim of the larger Birkhoff crater.

Feature Profile & Selenographic Data

Feature type
crater
Coordinates
64.36° N · 142.64° W
Diameter
129.74 km
IAU approval
1970/01/01 00:00:00
LAC quadrangle
LAC-8 · Kirkwood

Geological Chronicle

Stebbins is a lunar impact crater measuring 129.74 kilometers across on the far side of the Moon. The feature sits along the north-northeastern rim of the larger crater Birkhoff, with about one-third of Stebbins laid across Birkhoff's interior. The smaller crater Hippocrates lies to the north, with Sommerfeld positioned to the west.

The crater is worn and eroded, marked by smaller impacts along the rim edge and floor. The most notable of these overlays the northwestern rim. The interior floor is relatively flat, broken by a central ridge offset to the northeast of the midpoint. A small craterlet marks the floor southeast of this ridge, while a small hill and the outer rim of a partly submerged craterlet lie to the southwest.

Scientific Sources & References

Name Origin

Joel; American astronomer (1878-1966).

Interactive Lunar Surface

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