Lebedinskiy is an
impact crater
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on the
far side
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of the
Moon
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. It is attached to the eastern outer rim of the somewhat larger crater
Zhukovskiy. About two crater diameters to the east-southeast lies the smaller
Engel'gardt. The satellite crater Lebedinskiy P lies in the southern indentation of terrain between Lebedinskiy and Zhukovsky, and is nearly attached to the southwest rim of Lebedinskiy.
This is a relatively well-formed crater with a circular outer rim that is only slightly eroded. The inner wall has some slumped shelves and slight
terracing along the north and west. The interior floor is generally level, with a low central rise offset to the east of the midpoint, and only a few tiny craterlets marking the surface.
Lebedinskiy is a crater of
Nectarian
The Nectarian Period of the lunar geologic timescale runs from 3920 million years ago to 3850 million years ago. It is the period during which the Nectaris Basin and other major basins were formed by large impact events. Ejecta from Nectaris for ...
age.
The geologic history of the Moon
USGS
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Lebedinskiy lies to the southwest of the Dirichlet-Jackson Basin.
Satellite craters
By convention these features are identified on lunar maps by placing the letter on the side of the crater midpoint that is closest to Lebedinskiy.
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Impact craters on the Moon