Liebig is a
lunar
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impact crater
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that is located to the south-southeast of the crater
Mersenius, and west of the
Mare Humorum
Mare Humorum (Latin ''hūmōrum'', the "Sea of Moisture") is a lunar mare. The impact basin it is located in is 425 kilometers across.
Geology
It was not sampled by the Apollo program, so a precise age has not been determined. However, geologic ...
in the southwest part of the
Moon
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. To the southwest of Liebig is the slightly smaller crater
de Gasparis.
The rim of Liebig has a low inner wall, with an interior floor that is nearly featureless except for a few tiny craterlets. It is nearly, but not quite circular, with outward bulges to the west and southeast. The small, cup-shaped crater Liebig A lies along the inner wall and part of the interior floor.
The western edge of the Mare Humorum is a fault line designated the Rupes Liebig, named after this crater. This fault extends for about 180 km along the shore. To the southwest, in the section of
lava
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-flooded surface between Liebig and de Gasparis, is a system of
rille
Rille (German for 'groove') is typically used to describe any of the long, narrow depressions in the surface of the Moon that resemble channels. The Latin term is ''rima'', plural ''rimae''. Typically, a rille can be several kilometers wid ...
s named the Rimae de Gasparis. These cover an area with a diameter of 130 km.
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 Liebig.
File:Liebig G crater 4149 h1.jpg, Liebig G
File:Liebig J crater 4149 h1.jpg, Liebig J
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Impact craters on the Moon
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