Geological Chronicle
Harkhebi is a large walled plain on the Moon’s far side, dated to the Pre-Nectarian period. Fabry covers the northern and northeastern half of it; the smaller crater Vashakidze touches its northwestern rim.
Little of the original rim remains intact. It is worn and eroded by impacts, and its remaining sections form an irregular arc of rugged ridges, incisions, and small craters. Satellite craters Harkhebi J and K overlie sections to the southeast. The floor is uneven and rough in places, though somewhat less so than the surrounding terrain.
The young crater Giordano Bruno lies just southeast of Harkhebi. Its relatively high-albedo ray system sends streaks across parts of Harkhebi’s floor; one ray spans it from southeast to northwest.
Before the IAU formally named it in 1979, Harkhebi was known as Basin I.