Kibal'chich
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Kibal'chich
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Lat: 3.0°N, Long: 146.5°W, Diam: 92 km, Depth: km, Rükl: (farside), Nectarian |
left: Lunar Orbiter V . right: LROC . The smooth floor of Kibal´chich and neighbour dips, as well as the crater chains, are likely due to Orientale basin impact.
Images
LPOD Photo Gallery Lunar Orbiter Images Apollo Images
Maps
(LAC zone 70D4) USGS Digital Atlas PDF
Description
Description: Wikipedia
Additional Information
Nomenclature
- Named for Nikolai Ivanovich Kibal'chich (1853 - April 3, 1881), a Russian revolutionary, the main explosive expert for Narodnaya Volya (the People's Will), and a rocket pioneer.
- Kibal'chich was among the long list of farside names approved by the IAU in 1970 and published in Menzel, 1971.
- In the planning for Apollo 8, the first manned circumlunar mission (1968), this crater (which did not then have an official name) was referred to informally as "Freeman" (source: Phil Stooke's LPOD).
LROC Articles
Article number 41: Bright Crater Rays and Boulders (250 m ray-craterlet north of Kibal'chich R).
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