Kibal'chich (crater)
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Kibal'chich is a crater
Impact crater
In the broadest sense, the term impact crater can be applied to any depression, natural or manmade, resulting from the high velocity impact of a projectile with a larger body...

 on the Moon
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's far side. It lies to the northeast of the large walled plain Korolev
Korolev (lunar crater)
Korolev is a large lunar crater of the walled plain type, named for Soviet rocket engineer Sergey Korolyov. It lies on the far side of the Moon, and the northern part of its floor crosses the lunar equator...

, and is attached to the southeastern outer rim of the crater Tsander
Tsander (crater)
Tsander is a large lunar impact crater on the far side of the Moon. Attached to the southeastern outer rim is the younger crater Kibal'chich. To the northwest lies Dirichlet, and to the northeast lies Artem'ev....

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The rim of Kibal'chich is slightly eroded, and the shared border with Tsander has produced a straightened rim along the northwest side. But the edge remains well-defined and the inner walls display some terrace-like shelves. The interior floor is relatively level, with the remains of a small crater rim in the southeast quadrant. There is a small ridge located near the mid-point.

Satellite craters

By convention these features are identified on lunar maps by placing the letter on the side of the crater mid-point that is closest to Kibal'chich.
Kibal'chich Latitude Longitude Diameter
H 2.0° N 144.2° W 40 km
Q 0.7° S 149.0° W 25 km
R 0.6° N 150.1° W 29 km
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