Kibal'chich

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Kibal'chich

Lat: 3.0°N, Long: 146.5°W, Diam: 92 km, Depth: km, Rükl: (farside), Nectarian

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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

Kibal'chich

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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