Kibal'chich

Crater, craters · 91.7 km across · 2.72°, -147.18° · the Moon
クレーター・差し渡し約91.7km

WHY THAT NAME · なぜその名前か

Nikolaj Ivanovich; Russian rocketry scientist (1853-1881).

Source of the name: Russia (Europe) · Approved by the IAU 1970 · Other features named after Russia

SEE IT · 地図で見る

Elevation here was measured by laser from orbit (LOLA). Nothing is estimated or generated.

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SATELLITE CRATERS · 衛星クレーター · 3

Smaller craters that share this name with a letter added. The IAU records them under the same origin, so they are listed here rather than given pages of their own.
この名前に英字を足した小さなクレーターです。由来は親と同じものとして登録されているため、ここに並べています。

Kibal'chich H40.8 km

Kibal'chich Q28.9 km

Kibal'chich R28.8 km

NEAREST NAMED FEATURES · 近くの地名

What stands next to a place tells you what kind of place it is.

Tsander (Zander) クレーター111 km

Chaucer クレーター197 km

Timiryazev クレーター237 km

Artem'ev クレーター240 km

Vavilov クレーター277 km

Dirichlet クレーター280 km

Sechenov クレーター319 km

Henyey クレーター340 km

Great-circle distances on a sphere of radius 1,737.4 km.

Names and their origins come from the IAU Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature (USGS Astrogeology), retrieved 2026-08-14.
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DATA: IAU / USGS Astrogeology · NASA LRO LOLA