Lebedinskiy (crater)

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Crater characteristics
Coordinates	8.3° N, 164.3° W
Diameter	62 km
Depth	Unknown
Colongitude	165° at sunrise
Eponym	Aleksandr I. Lebedinskiy

Lebedinskiy is a lunar impact crater on the far side of the Moon. It is attached to the eastern outer rim of the somewhat larger Zhukovskiy crater. About two crater diameters to the east-southeast lies the smaller Engel'gardt crater. The satellite crater 'Lebedinskiy P' lies in the southern indentation of terrain between Lebedinsiy 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 mid-point, and only a few tiny craterlets marking the surface.

[edit] 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 Lebedinskiy crater.