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 |
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[#Kibal'chich Kibal'chich]
[#Kibal'chich-Images Images]
[#Kibal'chich-Maps Maps]
[#Kibal'chich-Description Description]
[#Kibal'chich-Description: Wikipedia Description: Wikipedia]
[#Kibal'chich-Additional Information Additional Information]
[#Kibal'chich-Nomenclature Nomenclature]
[#Kibal'chich-LROC Articles LROC Articles]
[#Kibal'chich-Bibliography Bibliography]
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%20basin 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).
Bibliography
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