Stoney (lunar crater)

Stoney is an impact crater on the Moon, located in the southern part of its far side, approximately 47.5 kilometers in diameter.

In 1970, it was named by IAU's Working Group for Planetary System Nomenclature after Anglo-Irish physicist George Johnstone Stoney (1826–1911).

The rim of this crater is sharp-edged but with a somewhat irregular lip that has slumped in places.

The inner wall is uneven with diagonal grooves and heaps where the material has slumped.

There are two small craterlets within the interior, located at the base of the northeast and southern inner walls.

Oblique Lunar Orbiter 5 image